CVE-2021-30738

published 2021-09-08

CVE-2021-30738: A malicious application may be able to overwrite arbitrary files. This issue is fixed in macOS Big Sur 11.4, Security Update 2021-004 Mojave. An issue with…

Priority P4 26 medium 5.5 CVSS 3.1

AV L AC L PR L UI N S U C N I H A N

A malicious application may be able to overwrite arbitrary files. This issue is fixed in macOS Big Sur 11.4, Security Update 2021-004 Mojave. An issue with path validation logic for hardlinks was addressed with improved path sanitization.

Affected

7 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
apple	mac_os_x	—	—
apple	mac_os_x	10.14.0 – 10.14.5	—
apple	macos	>= 11.0.1 < 11.4	11.4
apple	macos	>= unspecified < 11.4	11.4
apple	macos	>= unspecified < 2021	2021
apple	macos_big_sur	—	—
apple	security_update_2021-004_mojave	—	—

CVSS provenance

nvd v3.1 5.5 MEDIUM CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

nvd v2.0 2.1 LOW AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

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