CVE-2021-30868 — Race Condition in Apple Macos

CWE-362 — Race Condition3 documents2 sources
Severity
7.0HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.2%
top 59.11%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
3
Apple MacosApple Macos BIG SURApple Macos Monterey
Timeline
PublishedAug 24
Latest updateOct 25

Description

A race condition was addressed with improved locking. This issue is fixed in macOS Monterey 12.0.1, macOS Big Sur 11.6.1. A malicious application may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 1.0 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages4 packages

▶Appleapple/macos_monterey12.0.1
▶CVEListV5apple/macosunspecified — 12.0+1
▶NVDapple/macos11.0 — 11.6.1+1
▶Appleapple/macos_big_sur11.6.1

📋Vendor Advisories

2
Apple
CVE-2021-30868: macOS Monterey 12.0.1↗2021-10-25
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Apple
CVE-2021-30868: macOS Big Sur 11.6.1↗2021-10-25
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