Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in macOS - CVE-2021-30803

 

Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in macOS - CVE-2021-30803

Published: July 22, 2021


Vulnerability identifier: #VU55203
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 4.8 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2021-30803
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a malicious application to bypass implemented security restrictions.

The vulnerability exists due to Identity Services does not properly impose security restrictions on recent Contacts. A malicious application can gain unauthorized access to user’s recent Contacts.


Affected software

macOS

How to mitigate CVE-2021-30803

Install updates from vendor's website.

macOS - update to 11.5 20G71

External References

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