CVE-2021-30968

published 2021-08-24

CVE-2021-30968: A validation issue related to hard link behavior was addressed with improved sandbox restrictions. This issue is fixed in macOS Big Sur 11.6.2, tvOS 15.2…

Priority P4 25 medium 5.5 CVSS 3.1

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

A validation issue related to hard link behavior was addressed with improved sandbox restrictions. This issue is fixed in macOS Big Sur 11.6.2, tvOS 15.2, macOS Monterey 12.1, Security Update 2021-008 Catalina, iOS 15.2 and iPadOS 15.2, watchOS 8.3. A malicious application may be able to bypass certain Privacy preferences.

Affected

18 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
apple	ios_and_ipados	>= unspecified < 15.2	15.2
apple	iphone_os	< 15.2	15.2
apple	mac_os_x	—	—
apple	mac_os_x	>= 10.15 < 10.15.7	10.15.7
apple	macos	>= 11.0 < 11.6.2	11.6.2
apple	macos	>= 12.0 < 12.1	12.1
apple	macos	>= unspecified < 12.1	12.1
apple	macos	>= unspecified < 11.6	11.6
apple	macos	>= unspecified < 15.2	15.2
apple	macos	>= unspecified < 2021	2021
apple	macos_big_sur	—	—
apple	macos_monterey	—	—
apple	security_update_2021-008_catalina	—	—
apple	tvos	< 15.2	15.2
apple	tvos	—	—
apple	watchos	< 8.3	8.3
apple	watchos	—	—
apple	watchos	>= unspecified < 8.3	8.3

CVSS provenance

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

nvd v2.0 4.3 MEDIUM AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

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