apple macos CVE-2021-30713 is a vulnerability in Apple macOS
Published on September 8, 2021

A permissions issue was addressed with improved validation. This issue is fixed in macOS Big Sur 11.4. A malicious application may be able to bypass Privacy preferences. Apple is aware of a report that this issue may have been actively exploited..

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Known Exploited Vulnerability

This Apple macOS Input Validation Error vulnerability is part of CISA's list of Known Exploited Vulnerabilities. A malicious application may be able to bypass Privacy preferences. Apple is aware of a report that this issue may have been actively exploited.

The following remediation steps are recommended / required by November 17, 2021: Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Vulnerability Analysis

CVE-2021-30713 can be exploited with local system access, and requires small amount of user privileges. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. It has an exploitability score of 1.8 out of four. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to be very high.

Improper Input Validation

The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly.


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