Vulnerability record

CVE-2021-30713

Apple macOS Unspecified Vulnerability

Severity: HighExploitation: Exploitation confirmedCISA KEV
What should I do?

This vulnerability is in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog: attackers are using it. If you run macOS, fix it now.

CISA required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions.

US federal civilian agencies must remediate by Nov 17, 2021.

Patch status

No official fix confirmed yet

Until a fix ships, follow the vendor's mitigations and CISA's required action, limit exposure of affected systems, and watch this record for a patch.

Description

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..

Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database. Official vulnerability data, reproduced as published.

Affected products

Products affected by this vulnerability, with versions and the source of each entry
ProductVendorAffected versionsFixed inSource
macOSApple< 11.411.4KEV

Sources: KEV = CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog.

Intelligence timeline

Developments from the last 30 days, newest first.

  1. CVSS scoredUpdateKEV

    CVE-2021-30713 scored CVSS 7.8: Apple macOS, Apple macOS Unspecified Vulnerability

    CISA lists this as exploited in the wild. Unpatched macOS systems are exposed to active attacks now.

    Basis: NIST National Vulnerability Database

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References