VulnerabilityAnalyzed
CVE-2021-30713
Apple macOS Unspecified Vulnerability
KEVHIGH 7.8EPSS 7.04%
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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
- 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
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. Refreshed daily.