Vulnerability · Published Aug 24, 2021 · Assigned by apple

CVE-2021-31006

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 0.8% (higher than 58% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS NVD)5.5Medium

Exploit odds (30 days)0.8%top 41.8% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

Description: A permissions issue was addressed with improved validation. This issue is fixed in watchOS 7.6, tvOS 14.7, macOS Big Sur 11.5. A malicious application may be able to bypass certain Privacy preferences.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
Apple	macOS	unspecified – before 11.5
Apple	tvOS	unspecified – before 14.7
Apple	watchOS	unspecified – before 7.6

References

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212602 x_refsource_MISC
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212605 x_refsource_MISC
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212604 x_refsource_MISC