CVE-2021-30652

HIGH

iPadOS < 14.5 - Race Condition Leading to Privilege Escalation

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

A race condition was addressed with additional validation. This issue is fixed in Security Update 2021-002 Catalina, Security Update 2021-003 Mojave, iOS 14.5 and iPadOS 14.5, watchOS 7.4, tvOS 14.5, macOS Big Sur 11.3. A malicious application may be able to gain root privileges.

References (6)

Core 6
Core References
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212317
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212323
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212324
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212325
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212326
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212327

Scores

CVSS v3 7.0
EPSS 0.0080
EPSS Percentile 51.7%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-362
Status published
Products (9)
apple/ipados < 14.5
apple/iphone_os < 14.5
apple/mac_os_x 10.14.6 (18 CPE variants)
apple/mac_os_x 10.15.6 (2 CPE variants)
apple/mac_os_x 10.15.7 (7 CPE variants)
apple/mac_os_x 10.14 - 10.14.5
apple/macos 11.0 - 11.3
apple/tvos < 14.5
apple/watchos < 7.4
Published Sep 08, 2021
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026