PT-2021-18928 · Apple · Apple Macos

Peter Nguyen Vu Hoang · Published 2021-08-24 · Updated 2021-11-01 · CVE-2021-30868

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.6

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions macOS versions prior to 12.0.1 macOS Big Sur versions prior to 11.6.1

Description A race condition was addressed with improved locking, which could allow a malicious application to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges.

Recommendations For macOS versions prior to 12.0.1, update to macOS Monterey 12.0.1. For macOS Big Sur versions prior to 11.6.1, update to macOS Big Sur 11.6.1.

Fix

Race Condition

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-362

Related Identifiers

CVE-2021-30868

Affected Products

Apple Macos

References · 7

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-30868 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-30868 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-30868 · Note
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212872 · Note
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/103236 · Note
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212869 · Note
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/103164 · Note