Vulnerability · Published Sep 8, 2021 · Assigned by apple

CVE-2021-1824

Medium 4.4

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 23% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS NVD)4.4Medium

Exploit odds (30 days)0.3%top 76.6% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

This issue was addressed with improved entitlements. This issue is fixed in macOS Big Sur 11.3, Security Update 2021-002 Catalina. A malicious application with root privileges may be able to access private information.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
Apple	macOS	unspecified – before 11.3
Apple	macOS	unspecified – before 2021

References

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212325 x_refsource_MISC
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212326 x_refsource_MISC