CVE-2021-31010 vulnerability in Apple Products
Published on August 24, 2021
Known Exploited Vulnerability
This Apple iOS, macOS, watchOS Sanbox Bypass Vulnerability is part of CISA's list of Known Exploited Vulnerabilities. In affected versions of Apple iOS, macOS, and watchOS, a sandboxed process may be able to circumvent sandbox restrictions.
The following remediation steps are recommended / required by September 15, 2022: Apply updates per vendor instructions.
Vulnerability Analysis
CVE-2021-31010 is exploitable with network access, and does not require authorization privileges or user interaction. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. This vulnerability is known to be actively exploited by threat actors in an automatable fashion. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to have no impact on confidentiality, a high impact on integrity, and no impact on availability.
Weakness Type
What is a Marshaling, Unmarshaling Vulnerability?
The application deserializes untrusted data without sufficiently verifying that the resulting data will be valid.
CVE-2021-31010 has been classified to as a Marshaling, Unmarshaling vulnerability or weakness.
Products Associated with CVE-2021-31010
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Affected Versions
Apple macOS:- Version unspecified and below 11.6 is affected.
- Version unspecified and below 2021 is affected.
- Version unspecified and below 7.6 is affected.
- Version unspecified and below 14.8 is affected.
- Version unspecified and below 12.5 is affected.
Exploit Probability
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System) scores estimate the probability that a vulnerability will be exploited in the wild within the next 30 days. The percentile shows you how this score compares to all other vulnerabilities.