CVE-2021-30713
Apple macOS Unspecified Vulnerability
Does this matter?
Known to be exploited in the wild (CISA KEV, CISA remediation deadline 17 November 2021). Treat as an emergency change: patch or isolate now, then hunt for prior compromise.
Description
A permissions issue was addressed with improved validation. This issue is fixed in macOS Big Sur 11.4. A malicious application may be able to bypass Privacy preferences. Apple is aware of a report that this issue may have been actively exploited..
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 7.04% probability · 94th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Listed 3 November 2021 · due 17 November 2021
- Weakness
- CWE-862
- Affected
- apple/mac os x · apple/macos
- Source
- product-security@apple.com
EPSS 7.0% since 30 October 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
CISA notes
Apply updates per vendor instructions. https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-30713
References
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2021/Sep/40Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212529Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT212805Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2021/Sep/40Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212529Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT212805Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2021-30713Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.