CVE-2021-1851 — Improper Privilege Management in Apple IOS AND Ipados

CWE-269 — Improper Privilege Management6 documents4 sources
Severity
8.8HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.9%
top 24.09%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
7
Apple IOS AND IpadosApple MacosApple Tvos+4 more
Timeline
PublishedSep 8
Latest updateMay 24

Description

A logic issue was addressed with improved state management. This issue is fixed in Security Update 2021-002 Catalina, Security Update 2021-003 Mojave, iOS 14.5 and iPadOS 14.5, watchOS 7.4, tvOS 14.5, macOS Big Sur 11.3. An application may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 2.8 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages10 packages

▶CVEListV5apple/tvosunspecified — 14.5
▶NVDapple/tvos< 14.5
▶CVEListV5apple/macosunspecified — 11.3+1
▶NVDapple/macos11.0 — 11.3
▶NVDapple/ipados< 14.5

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-mm72-4ppf-mcx7: A logic issue was addressed with improved state management↗2022-05-24
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CVEList
CVE-2021-1851: A logic issue was addressed with improved state management↗2021-09-08
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📋Vendor Advisories

3
Apple
CVE-2021-1851: macOS Big Sur 11.3↗2021-04-26
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Apple
CVE-2021-1851: iOS 14.5 and iPadOS 14.5↗2021-04-26
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Apple
CVE-2021-1851: Security Update 2021-002 Catalina↗2021-04-26
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