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A vulnerability was found in Apple macOS up to 11.3 (Operating System) and classified as critical. This issue affects an unknown part of the component Core Services. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a symlink vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-61. The product, when opening a file or directory, does not sufficiently account for when the file is a symbolic link that resolves to a target outside of the intended control sphere. This could allow an attacker to cause the product to operate on unauthorized files. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
The weakness was presented 05/24/2021 by Zhongcheng Li as HT212529 as confirmed advisory (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at support.apple.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2021-30681. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The advisory points out:
A malicious application may be able to gain root privileges
Upgrading to version 11.4 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability. The advisory contains the following remark:
A validation issue existed in the handling of symlinks. This issue was addressed with improved validation of symlinks.
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CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
CVSSv4
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CVSSv3
VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.8VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.5
VulDB Base Score: 7.8
VulDB Temp Score: 7.5
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Exploiting
Class: SymlinkCWE: CWE-61 / CWE-59
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Local: Yes
Remote: No
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Status: Not defined
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Threat Intelligence
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Countermeasures
Recommended: UpgradeStatus: 🔍
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Upgrade: macOS 11.4
Timeline
04/13/2021 🔍05/24/2021 🔍
05/24/2021 🔍
05/25/2021 🔍
05/28/2021 🔍
Sources
Vendor: apple.comAdvisory: HT212529
Researcher: Zhongcheng Li
Status: Confirmed
CVE: CVE-2021-30681 (🔍)
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20180712
Entry
Created: 05/25/2021 12:41Updated: 05/28/2021 10:26
Changes: 05/25/2021 12:41 (19), 05/25/2021 12:45 (28), 05/28/2021 10:26 (4)
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