Description

A validation issue existed in the handling of symlinks. This issue was addressed with improved validation of symlinks. This issue is fixed in Security Update 2021-004 Mojave, iOS 14.6 and iPadOS 14.6, Security Update 2021-003 Catalina, macOS Big Sur 11.4, watchOS 7.5. A malicious application may be able to gain root privileges.

Related CPE's

o

apple

ipados

Vulnerable

o

apple

iphone_os

Vulnerable

o

apple

mac_os_x

29

o

apple

macos

Vulnerable

o

apple

watchos

Vulnerable

References

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212528

Release NotesVendor Advisory

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212529

Release NotesVendor Advisory

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212530

Release NotesVendor Advisory

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212531

Release NotesVendor Advisory

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212533

Release NotesVendor Advisory

Weaknesses

[email protected]

Primary
CWE-20

CVSS impact metrics

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

7.8 · High

  • CVSS V3.1

  • CVSS V3.0

  • CVSS V2.0

Information

Source identifier

[email protected]

Vulnerability status

Analyzed

Published

2021-09-08T15:15:14.307

3 years ago

Last modified

2021-09-20T14:57:42.923

3 years ago