Vulnerability · Published Oct 19, 2021 · Assigned by apple
CVE-2021-30850
Medium 5.5
In plain English
A medium-severity security flaw in macOS from Apple. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.9% (higher than 60% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS NVD)5.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.9%top 40.4% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
An access issue was addressed with improved access restrictions. This issue is fixed in Security Update 2021-005 Catalina, macOS Big Sur 11.6, tvOS 15. A user may gain access to protected parts of the file system.
Affected products (as reported)
References
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212804 x_refsource_MISC
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212805 x_refsource_MISC
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212815 x_refsource_MISC
- 20211027 APPLE-SA-2021-10-26-11 Additional information for APPLE-SA-2021-09-20-3 tvOS 15 mailing-list, x_refsource_FULLDISC