CVEvulnerability
CVE-2021-30713
CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability
Apple macOS Unspecified Vulnerability — Apple macOS
Apple macOS Transparency, Consent, and Control (TCC) contains an unspecified permissions issue which may allow a malicious application to bypass privacy preferences.
- Added to KEV
- 2021-11-03
- Remediation due
- 2021-11-17
- Ransomware use
- Unknown
- Required action
- Apply updates per vendor instructions.
- Notes
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-30713
- Status
- Analyzed
- Published
- 2021-09-08
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 7.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 3.1 (134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0)
- 7.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 4.6 MEDIUM — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-862
Description
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..
Affected configurations
• apple mac os x (>= 10.15 <= 10.15.7)
• apple mac os x 10.15.7
• apple macos (< 11.4)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-862 Missing Authorization weakness
References
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2021/Sep/40 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212529 Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT212805 Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2021/Sep/40 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212529 Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT212805 Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2021-30713 Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource