State Issues in macOS - CVE-2021-30873
Published: October 27, 2021
Vulnerability identifier: #VU57731
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 8.5 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2021-30873
CWE-ID: CWE-371
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.
The vulnerability exists due to a state management issue within the AppKit component. A local user can run a specially crafted program to escalate privileges on the system.
Affected software
macOS
How to mitigate CVE-2021-30873
Install updates from vendor's website.
macOS - addressed in versions 12.0.1 21A559, 10.15.7 19H1519