CVE-2021-1839 in macOS

Summary

by MITRE • 09/08/2021

The issue was addressed with improved permissions logic. This issue is fixed in macOS Big Sur 11.3, Security Update 2021-002 Catalina, Security Update 2021-003 Mojave. A local attacker may be able to elevate their privileges.

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• Reservation: 12/08/2020
• Disclosure: 09/08/2021
• Moderation: accepted
• Entry: VDB-174018
• CPE: ready
• CWE: CWE-275 (confirmed)
• CVSS: 5.3 (VulDB)
• EPSS: 0.00284
• KEV: no
• Activities: very low
• Sector: Education, Homeoffice, ...

Sources

• MITRE: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-1839
• NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-1839
• CVE Details: https://www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2021-1839/