Vulnerability · Published Oct 19, 2021 · Assigned by apple
CVE-2021-30828
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 21% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS NVD)5.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.3%top 79.1% 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 2021-005 Catalina, macOS Big Sur 11.6. A local user may be able to read arbitrary files as root.
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