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CVE-2021-30713

Exploited in the wild. In CISA KEV since 2021‑11‑03. Fixed in 11.4.

CVSS 3.17.8HighEPSS percentile94th7.0% chance in 30 daysCISA KEVListedsince 2021-11-03, due 2021-11-17
No public exploit knownFix11.4Upgrade to this build

Published Updated Sources: CVE.org, NVD, BDU

NVD CVE.org

What to do

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  • Apple macOSAffected: ≥ unspecified, < 11.4Upgrade to: 11.4Stated by: CVE record

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Coverage timeline

0 publishers

  1. Added to CISA KEV catalog

    ·CISA KEV

Sourced from public security reporting — each date is when it was published, not when it happened.

What it is

From the CVE record

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..

In plain language

No plain-language summary for this CVE yet.

Exploitation

Where each signal puts this CVE on the scale from published to confirmed exploited.

EPSS94th
CISA KEV
CISA KEV

Listed as exploited in the wild since 2021-11-03.

US federal agencies must remediate by 2021-11-17.

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Public exploits

No public exploit or proof of concept found in the sources we track.

EPSS

7.0% chance of exploitation activity in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the 94th percentile of scored CVEs.

Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST.org. A probability, not a confirmation.

Lifecycle

7 events over 1751 days, from the signal feeds we watch.

  1. OpenVAS check added
  2. Patch availablerecord updated
  3. Added to CISA KEV
  4. Publishedweakness classified, att&ck mapped

Affected products

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Technical detail

CVSS 3.1 vector

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CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Scored 7.8 by NVD.

How it is reached

  • Attack Vector LocalRequires local access to the vulnerable system (e.g. local login, malicious file)
  • Attack Complexity LowNo special conditions — the attack can be reliably reproduced
  • Privileges Required LowRequires basic user-level privileges
  • User Interaction NoneNo user interaction needed — fully automated exploitation

Scope

  • Scope UnchangedImpact is limited to the vulnerable component itself

Impact if exploited

  • Confidentiality HighTotal information disclosure — all data in the component is compromised
  • Integrity HighTotal loss of integrity — attacker can modify any data in the component
  • Availability HighTotal denial of service — the component is completely unavailable

Weaknesses

ATT&CK techniques

Mapped from the weaknesses above (CWE to ATT&CK), not observed in attacks.

Sources

References in the record

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