Vulnerability · Published Aug 24, 2021 · Assigned by apple

CVE-2021-31007

Medium 5.5

In plain English

A medium-severity security flaw in iOS and iPadOS 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 59% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS NVD)5.5Medium

Exploit odds (30 days)0.9%top 41.1% 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 iOS 15.1 and iPadOS 15.1, tvOS 15.1, macOS Big Sur 11.6.2, watchOS 8.1, macOS Monterey 12.1. A malicious application may be able to bypass Privacy preferences.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
Apple	iOS and iPadOS	unspecified – before 15.1
Apple	watchOS	unspecified – before 8.1
Apple	watchOS	unspecified – before 15.1
Apple	watchOS	unspecified – before 12.1
Apple	watchOS	unspecified – before 11.6

References

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212867 x_refsource_MISC
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212874 x_refsource_MISC
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212876 x_refsource_MISC
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212978 x_refsource_MISC
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212979 x_refsource_MISC