Vulnerability · Published Aug 24, 2021 · Assigned by apple

CVE-2021-30972

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 0.3% (higher than 24% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS NVD)5.5Medium

Exploit odds (30 days)0.3%top 75.6% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

This issue was addressed with improved checks. This issue is fixed in Security Update 2022-001 Catalina, macOS Big Sur 11.6.3. A malicious application may be able to bypass certain Privacy preferences.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
Apple	macOS	unspecified – before 11.6
Apple	macOS	unspecified – before 2022

References

https://support.apple.com/kb/HT212978 x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213055 x_refsource_MISC
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213056 x_refsource_MISC