PT-2021-13595 · Apple · Macos Mojave+7

Cees Elzinga · Published 2021-04-26 · Updated 2021-09-16 · CVE-2021-1813

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

9.3

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: macOS Catalina versions prior to Security Update 2021-002 macOS Mojave versions prior to Security Update 2021-003 iOS versions prior to 14.5 iPadOS versions prior to 14.5 watchOS versions prior to 7.4 tvOS versions prior to 14.5 macOS Big Sur versions prior to 11.3

Description: A validation issue was addressed with improved logic, which may allow a malicious application to gain root privileges.

Recommendations: For macOS Catalina, apply Security Update 2021-002. For macOS Mojave, apply Security Update 2021-003. For iOS, update to version 14.5 or later. For iPadOS, update to version 14.5 or later. For watchOS, update to version 7.4 or later. For tvOS, update to version 14.5 or later. For macOS Big Sur, update to version 11.3 or later.

Fix

Improper Privilege Management

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-269

Related Identifiers

CVE-2021-1813

Affected Products

Apple Macos

Ios

Ipados

Macos Big Sur

Macos Catalina

Macos Mojave

Tvos

Watchos

References · 12

• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212317 · Vendor Advisory
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212326 · Vendor Advisory
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212325 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-1813 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-1813 · Security Note
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212323 · Vendor Advisory
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212324 · Vendor Advisory
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212327 · Vendor Advisory
• https://t.me/cibsecurity/28445 · Telegram Post
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/103126 · Note
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-1813 · Note
• https://t.me/cvenotify/21004 · Telegram Post