CVE-2021-31004 — Race Condition in Apple Macos

CWE-362 — Race Condition2 documents2 sources
Severity
7.0HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.2%
top 56.32%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
Apple MacosApple 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 11.5. An application may be able to gain elevated 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 Packages3 packages

▶Appleapple/macos_monterey12.0.1
▶CVEListV5apple/macosunspecified — 11.5+1
▶NVDapple/macos11.0 — 11.5+1

📋Vendor Advisories

1
Apple
CVE-2021-31004: macOS Monterey 12.0.1↗2021-10-25
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