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CVE-2021-30778: About the security content of macOS Big Sur 11.5
This issue was addressed with improved entitlements. This issue is fixed in macOS Big Sur 11.5. A malicious application may be able to bypass Privacy preferences.
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A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved state management. This issue is fixed in macOS Monterey 12.0.1, Security Update 2021-007 Catalina, macOS Big Sur 11.6.1. A malicious application may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges.
A permissions issue was addressed with improved validation. This issue is fixed in macOS Big Sur 11.5. A malicious application may be able to access data about the accounts the user is using Family Sharing with.
A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved memory handling. This issue is fixed in macOS Monterey 12.0.1, Security Update 2021-007 Catalina, macOS Big Sur 11.6.1. A malicious application may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges.
A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved state management. This issue is fixed in Security Update 2021-005 Catalina, macOS Big Sur 11.6. A local attacker may be able to elevate their privileges.
A URI parsing issue was addressed with improved parsing. This issue is fixed in Security Update 2021-005 Catalina, macOS Big Sur 11.6. A local user may be able to execute arbitrary files.
A permissions issue existed. This issue was addressed with improved permission validation. This issue is fixed in Security Update 2021-005 Catalina, macOS Big Sur 11.6. A local attacker may be able to elevate their privileges.
This issue was addressed with improved checks. This issue is fixed in Security Update 2021-005 Catalina, macOS Big Sur 11.6. A local user may be able to read arbitrary files as root.
A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved memory handling. This issue is fixed in Security Update 2021-005 Catalina, macOS Big Sur 11.6. A malicious application may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges.
A logic issue was addressed with improved state management. This issue is fixed in Security Update 2021-002 Catalina, Security Update 2021-003 Mojave, iOS 14.5 and iPadOS 14.5, watchOS 7.4, tvOS 14.5, macOS Big Sur 11.3. An application may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges.
A logic issue was addressed with improved state management. This issue is fixed in macOS Big Sur 11.3, Security Update 2021-002 Catalina. A malicious application may bypass Gatekeeper checks.
A use after free issue was addressed with improved memory management. This issue is fixed in macOS Big Sur 11.3, Security Update 2021-002 Catalina, Security Update 2021-003 Mojave. Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to arbitrary code execution.
A race condition was addressed with additional validation. This issue is fixed in Security Update 2021-002 Catalina, Security Update 2021-003 Mojave, iOS 14.5 and iPadOS 14.5, watchOS 7.4, tvOS 14.5, macOS Big Sur 11.3. A malicious application may be able to gain root privileges.
A logic issue was addressed with improved state management. This issue is fixed in Security Update 2021-002 Catalina, Security Update 2021-003 Mojave, iOS 14.5 and iPadOS 14.5, watchOS 7.4, tvOS 14.5, macOS Big Sur 11.3. A local attacker may be able to elevate their privileges.
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..
A use after free issue was addressed with improved memory management. This issue is fixed in macOS Big Sur 11.4, Security Update 2021-003 Catalina, Security Update 2021-004 Mojave. A malicious application could execute arbitrary code leading to compromise of user information.
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 2021-004 Mojave, iOS 14.6 and iPadOS 14.6, Security Update 2021-003 Catalina, macOS Big Sur 11.4, watchOS 7.5. A malicious application may be able to gain root privileges.
This issue was addressed by removing the vulnerable code. This issue is fixed in macOS Big Sur 11.4, Security Update 2021-003 Catalina, Security Update 2021-004 Mojave. An application may be able to gain elevated privileges.
A logic issue was addressed with improved state management. This issue is fixed in macOS Big Sur 11.3, Security Update 2021-002 Catalina. A malicious application may bypass Gatekeeper checks. Apple is aware of a report that this issue may have been actively exploited..
An application may be able to execute arbitrary code with system privileges. This issue is fixed in macOS Big Sur 11.3, Security Update 2021-002 Catalina. The issue was addressed with improved permissions logic.
This issue was addressed with improved handling of file metadata. This issue is fixed in macOS Big Sur 11.3. A malicious application may bypass Gatekeeper checks.
An access issue was addressed with improved access restrictions. This issue is fixed in macOS Big Sur 11.5, Security Update 2021-004 Catalina, Security Update 2021-005 Mojave. A sandboxed process may be able to circumvent sandbox restrictions.
An out-of-bounds read was addressed with improved bounds checking. This issue is fixed in iOS 14.7, macOS Big Sur 11.5. Processing a maliciously crafted file may disclose user information.
A race condition was addressed with improved state handling. This issue is fixed in macOS Monterey 12.0.1, Security Update 2021-007 Catalina, macOS Big Sur 11.6.1. A malicious application may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges.
Multiple out-of-bounds write issues were addressed with improved bounds checking. This issue is fixed in macOS Monterey 12.0.1, Security Update 2021-007 Catalina, macOS Big Sur 11.6.1. A malicious application may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges.
This issue was addressed with improved checks. This issue is fixed in macOS Big Sur 11.6. A malicious application may bypass Gatekeeper checks.
An out-of-bounds read was addressed with improved input validation. This issue is fixed in macOS Big Sur 11.6, Security Update 2021-005 Catalina. A malicious application may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges.
A race condition was addressed with improved locking. This issue is fixed in macOS Monterey 12.0.1, macOS Big Sur 11.6.1. A malicious application may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges.