CVE-2021-30865: About the security content of macOS Big Sur 11.6

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 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 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.

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 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.

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 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 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..

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

This issue was addressed with improved checks. This issue is fixed in macOS Big Sur 11.6. A malicious application may bypass Gatekeeper checks.

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.