VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2021-30772
A malicious application may be able to gain root privileges.
HIGH 7.8EPSS 1.11%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.11%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
This issue was addressed with improved checks. This issue is fixed in macOS Big Sur 11.5. A malicious application may be able to gain root privileges.
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 1.11% probability · 64th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- apple/mac os x · apple/macos
- Source
- product-security@apple.com
References
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212602Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT212600Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT212603Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212602Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT212600Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT212603Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.