Apple macOS up to 11.2.3 Preferences path traversal

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Apple macOS up to 11.2.3. It has been classified as problematic. This affects an unknown part of the component Preferences. The manipulation leads to path traversal. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2021-1740. The attack needs to be performed locally. There is not any exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Apple macOS up to 11.2.3 (Operating System) and classified as problematic. This issue affects an unknown code block of the component Preferences. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a path traversal vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-22. The product uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the product does not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname that can cause the pathname to resolve to a location that is outside of the restricted directory. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The weakness was released 04/26/2021 by Zhipeng Huo and Yuebin Sun as HT212325 as confirmed advisory (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at support.apple.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2021-1740. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1006 according to MITRE ATT&CK. The advisory points out:

A local user may be able to modify protected parts of the file system

Upgrading to version 11.3 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability. The advisory contains the following remark:

A parsing issue in the handling of directory paths was addressed with improved path validation.

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Class: Path traversal
CWE: CWE-22
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: macOS 11.3

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12/08/2020 🔍
04/26/2021 +138 days 🔍
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04/27/2021 +1 days 🔍
05/01/2021 +4 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: HT212325
Researcher: Zhipeng Huo, Yuebin Sun
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2021-1740 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2021-1740
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-174011
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20180712

Entryinfo

Created: 04/27/2021 09:09
Updated: 05/01/2021 07:28
Changes: 04/27/2021 09:09 (18), 04/27/2021 09:13 (29), 05/01/2021 07:28 (4)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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