Cyber Resilience

CVE-2021-30968

Medium

Published: 24 August 2021

Published
24 August 2021
Modified
21 November 2024
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score v3.1 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
EPSS Score 0.0023 46.0th percentile
Risk Priority 11 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2021-30968 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 46.0th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

A validation issue related to hard link behavior was addressed with improved sandbox restrictions. This issue is fixed in macOS Big Sur 11.6.2, tvOS 15.2, macOS Monterey 12.1, Security Update 2021-008 Catalina, iOS 15.2 and iPadOS 15.2, watchOS 8.3. A…

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malicious application may be able to bypass certain Privacy preferences.

CWE(s)
CWE-59

Related Threats

No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.

Affected Assets

apple
iphone os
≤ 15.2
apple
mac os x
10.15.7 · 10.15 — 10.15.7
apple
macos
11.0 — 11.6.2 · 12.0 — 12.1
apple
tvos
≤ 15.2
apple
watchos
≤ 8.3

Mitigating Controls

No mitigating controls mapped yet. The per-CVE control annotator has not reached this CVE.

References