Apple macOS up to 11.5.2 CUPS privilege escalation

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Apple macOS up to 11.5.2. It has been classified as critical. Affected is an unknown function of the component CUPS. The manipulation leads to an unknown weakness. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2021-30829. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Apple macOS up to 11.5.2 (Operating System) and classified as critical. This issue affects an unknown code block of the component CUPS. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The weakness was presented 09/13/2021 as HT212804 as confirmed advisory (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at support.apple.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2021-30829. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The advisory points out:

A local user may be able to execute arbitrary files

Upgrading to version 11.6 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability. The advisory contains the following remark:

A URI parsing issue was addressed with improved parsing.

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VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.0

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Privilege escalation
CWE: Unknown
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: macOS 11.6

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04/13/2021 🔍
09/13/2021 +153 days 🔍
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09/21/2021 +8 days 🔍
09/30/2021 +9 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: HT212804
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2021-30829 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2021-30829
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-183083
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20180712

Entryinfo

Created: 09/21/2021 11:18
Updated: 09/30/2021 13:18
Changes: 09/21/2021 11:18 (17), 09/21/2021 11:22 (28), 09/30/2021 13:18 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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