PT-2021-5441 · Apple · Ipados+4

Cees Elzinga · Published 2021-05-24 · Updated 2023-01-09 · CVE-2021-30727

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.5

Medium

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions macOS versions prior to 11.4 tvOS versions prior to 14.6 watchOS versions prior to 7.5 iOS versions prior to 14.6 iPadOS versions prior to 14.6

Description A logic issue was addressed with improved state management, which could allow a malicious application to modify protected parts of the file system. The issue is related to insufficient access control in the Crash Reporter component of the operating systems, potentially enabling an attacker to modify arbitrary files.

Recommendations For macOS versions prior to 11.4, update to macOS Big Sur 11.4 to resolve the issue. For tvOS versions prior to 14.6, update to tvOS 14.6 to resolve the issue. For watchOS versions prior to 7.5, update to watchOS 7.5 to resolve the issue. For iOS versions prior to 14.6, update to iOS 14.6 to resolve the issue. For iPadOS versions prior to 14.6, update to iPadOS 14.6 to resolve the issue.

Fix

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-264

Related Identifiers

BDU:2021-06285

CVE-2021-30727

Affected Products

Apple Macos

Ios

Ipados

Tvos

Watchos

References · 10

• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212529 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2021-06285 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-30727 · Security Note
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212533 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-30727 · Vendor Advisory
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212532 · Vendor Advisory
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212528 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cybersecurity-help.cz/vdb/SB2021052504 · Note
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-30727 · Note
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/103131 · Note