CVE-2021-30772 — Improper Privilege Management in Apple Macos

CWE-269 — Improper Privilege Management4 documents4 sources
Severity
7.8HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.3%
top 42.88%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
Apple MacosApple MAC OS X
Timeline
PublishedSep 8
Latest updateMay 24

Description

This issue was addressed with improved checks. This issue is fixed in macOS Big Sur 11.5. A malicious application may be able to gain root privileges.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages3 packages

▶CVEListV5apple/macosunspecified — 11.5
▶NVDapple/macos< 11.5
▶NVDapple/mac_os_x10.14.0 — 10.14.6+3

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-pxc3-xjvh-jq8g: This issue was addressed with improved checks↗2022-05-24
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CVEList
CVE-2021-30772: This issue was addressed with improved checks↗2021-09-08
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📋Vendor Advisories

1
Apple
CVE-2021-30772: Security Update 2021-005 Mojave↗2021-07-21
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