Apple iOS/iPadOS up to 14.5.1 CommCenter Privilege Escalation

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5.3$5k-$25k0.00

A vulnerability was found in Apple iOS and iPadOS up to 14.5.1 (Smartphone Operating System). It has been declared as problematic. This vulnerability affects an unknown code of the component CommCenter. The impact remains unknown.

The weakness was released 05/24/2021 by Christian Mina as HT212528 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is available at support.apple.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2021-30729. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. The structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 05/27/2021). It is expected to see the exploit prices for this product increasing in the near future. The advisory points out:

A device may accept invalid activation results

Upgrading to version 14.6 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability. The advisory contains the following remark:

A logic issue was addressed with improved restrictions.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.5
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.3

VulDB Base Score: 5.5
VulDB Temp Score: 5.3
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Privilege Escalation
CWE: Unknown
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Local: No
Remote: Partially

Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: iOS/iPadOS 14.6

Timelineinfo

04/13/2021 🔍
05/24/2021 +41 days 🔍
05/24/2021 +0 days 🔍
05/25/2021 +1 days 🔍
05/27/2021 +2 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: HT212528
Researcher: Christian Mina
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2021-30729 (🔍)
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20150917

Entryinfo

Created: 05/25/2021 09:52
Updated: 05/27/2021 15:38
Changes: 05/25/2021 09:52 (18), 05/25/2021 09:55 (28), 05/27/2021 15:38 (4)
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