CVEvulnerability

CVE-2021-1740

5.5 MEDIUM Published 2021-09-08 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2021-09-08
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
5.5 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
2.1 LOW — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Weaknesses
CWE-22

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.

Affected configurations

• apple ipados (< 14.5) • apple iphone os (< 14.5) • apple mac os x (>= 10.15 <= 10.15.5) • apple mac os x 10.15.6 • apple mac os x 10.15.7 • apple macos (>= 11.0 < 11.3) • apple tvos (< 14.5) • apple watchos (< 7.4)

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory weakness

References