Apple iOS/iPadOS up to 14.6 Crash Reporter Local Privilege Escalation

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7.5$5k-$25k0.00

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Apple iOS and iPadOS up to 14.6. It has been classified as critical. This impacts an unknown function of the component Crash Reporter. This manipulation causes an unknown weakness. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2021-30774. The attack needs to be launched locally. No exploit is available. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Apple iOS and iPadOS up to 14.6 (Smartphone Operating System). It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code block of the component Crash Reporter. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The weakness was published 07/19/2021 by Yizhuo Wang as HT212601 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is shared at support.apple.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2021-30774. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 07/23/2021). It is expected to see the exploit prices for this product increasing in the near future. The advisory points out:

A malicious application may be able to gain root privileges

Upgrading to version 14.7 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 validation.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.8
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.5

VulDB Base Score: 7.8
VulDB Temp Score: 7.5
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Exploitinginfo

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

Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: iOS/iPadOS 14.7

Timelineinfo

04/13/2021 🔍
07/19/2021 +97 days 🔍
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07/23/2021 +4 days 🔍
07/27/2021 +4 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: HT212601
Researcher: Yizhuo Wang
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2021-30774 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2021-30774
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-179485
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20150917

Entryinfo

Created: 07/23/2021 08:10
Updated: 07/27/2021 16:00
Changes: 07/23/2021 08:10 (18), 07/23/2021 08:14 (28), 07/27/2021 16:00 (1)
Complete: 🔍
Cache ID: 216::103

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