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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2021-1873

A malicious application may be able to unexpectedly leak a user's credentials from secure text fields.

MEDIUM 6.5EPSS 1.24%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.24%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

Description

An API issue in Accessibility TCC permissions was addressed with improved state management. This issue is fixed in macOS Big Sur 11.3, Security Update 2021-002 Catalina, Security Update 2021-003 Mojave. A malicious application may be able to unexpectedly leak a user's credentials from secure text fields.

CVSS 3.1
6.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
EPSS
1.24% probability · 68th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Affected
apple/mac os x · apple/macos
Source
product-security@apple.com

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.