CVE-2021-30713

HIGH KEV

macOS Big Sur <11.4 - Privilege Escalation

Title source: llm

Description

A permissions issue was addressed with improved validation. This issue is fixed in macOS Big Sur 11.4. A malicious application may be able to bypass Privacy preferences. Apple is aware of a report that this issue may have been actively exploited..

References (4)

[Mailing List, Third Party Advisory] http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2021/Sep/40

[Release Notes, Vendor Advisory] https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212529

[Release Notes, Vendor Advisory] https://support.apple.com/kb/HT212805

[Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource] https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2021-30713

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8

EPSS 0.0016

EPSS Percentile 36.6%

Attack Vector LOCAL

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CISA KEV 2021-11-03

VulnCheck KEV 2021-05-24

InTheWild.io 2021-07-21

ENISA EUVD EUVD-2021-17630

CWE

CWE-862

Status published

Products (3)

apple/macos < 11.4

apple/mac_os_x 10.15.7 (9 CPE variants)

apple/mac_os_x 10.15 - 10.15.7

Published Sep 08, 2021

KEV Added Nov 03, 2021

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026