CVE-2021-30855
Published: 24 August 2021
Summary
CVE-2021-30855 is a medium-severity Link Following (CWE-59) vulnerability in Apple Mac Os X. Its CVSS base score is 5.5 (Medium).
Operationally, ranked at the 44.1th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2021-17772
Vulnerability details
A validation issue existed in the handling of symlinks. This issue was addressed with improved validation of symlinks. This issue is fixed in Security Update 2021-005 Catalina, iOS 14.8 and iPadOS 14.8, iOS 15 and iPadOS 15, watchOS 8, macOS…
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Big Sur 11.6. An application may be able to access restricted files.
- CWE(s)
Related Threats
No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.
Affected Assets
Mitigating Controls
No mitigating controls mapped yet. The per-CVE control annotator has not reached this CVE.