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CVE-2021-30855

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 Big Sur 11.6. An application may be able to access restricted files.

Published

2021-08-24T19:15:14.020

Last Modified

2024-11-21T06:04:50.983

Status

Modified

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.1: 5.5 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

  • Access Vector: NETWORK
  • Access Complexity: MEDIUM
  • Authentication: NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact: PARTIAL
  • Integrity Impact: NONE
  • Availability Impact: NONE
Exploitability Score

8.6

Impact Score

2.9

Weaknesses
  • Type: Primary
    CWE-59
Affected Vendors & Products
Type Vendor Product Version/Range Vulnerable?
Operating System apple ipados < 14.8 Yes
Operating System apple iphone_os < 14.8 Yes
Operating System apple mac_os_x < 10.15.7 Yes
Operating System apple mac_os_x 10.15.7 Yes
Operating System apple mac_os_x 10.15.7 Yes
Operating System apple mac_os_x 10.15.7 Yes
Operating System apple mac_os_x 10.15.7 Yes
Operating System apple mac_os_x 10.15.7 Yes
Operating System apple mac_os_x 10.15.7 Yes
Operating System apple mac_os_x 10.15.7 Yes
Operating System apple macos < 11.6 Yes
Operating System apple tvos < 15.0 Yes
Operating System apple watchos < 8.0 Yes
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