Apple watchOS up to 7.5 Crash Reporter Local Privilege Escalation

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Apple watchOS up to 7.5 and classified as critical. This impacts an unknown function of the component Crash Reporter. Such manipulation leads to an unknown weakness. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2021-30774. The attack can only be performed from a local environment. No exploit is available. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Apple watchOS up to 7.5 (Smartwatch Operating System). It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown code of the component Crash Reporter. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The weakness was published 07/19/2021 by Yizhuo Wang as HT212605 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is shared for download at support.apple.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2021-30774. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The advisory points out:

A malicious application may be able to gain root privileges

Upgrading to version 7.6 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 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: watchOS 7.6

Timelineinfo

04/13/2021 🔍
07/19/2021 +97 days 🔍
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07/23/2021 +4 days 🔍
07/28/2021 +5 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: HT212605
Researcher: Yizhuo Wang
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2021-30774 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2021-30774
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-179540

Entryinfo

Created: 07/23/2021 09:57
Updated: 07/28/2021 08:31
Changes: 07/23/2021 09:57 (18), 07/23/2021 10:00 (27), 07/28/2021 08:31 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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