CVE-2021-30777

HIGH

macOS 10.14-10.14.4 and 11.0-11.4 - Privilege Escalation via Injection

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

An injection issue was addressed with improved validation. This issue is fixed in macOS Big Sur 11.5, Security Update 2021-004 Catalina, Security Update 2021-005 Mojave. A malicious application may be able to gain root privileges.

References (3)

Core 3
Core References
Release Notes, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212602
Release Notes, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212600
Release Notes, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212603

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8
EPSS 0.0114
EPSS Percentile 62.6%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-74
Status published
Products (4)
apple/mac_os_x 10.14.6 (20 CPE variants)
apple/mac_os_x 10.15.7 (9 CPE variants)
apple/mac_os_x 10.14 - 10.14.5
apple/macos 11.0 - 11.5
Published Sep 08, 2021
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026