CVE-2021-1740

medium

Description

A parsing issue in the handling of directory paths was addressed with improved path validation. This issue is fixed in Security Update 2021-002 Catalina, iOS 14.5 and iPadOS 14.5, watchOS 7.4, tvOS 14.5, macOS Big Sur 11.3. A local user may be able to modify protected parts of the file system.

References

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212317

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212323

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212324

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212325

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212326

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2021-09-08

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 2.1

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Severity: Low

CVSS v3

Base Score: 5.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Severity: Medium