CVEvulnerability

CVE-2021-30855

5.5 MEDIUM Published 2021-08-24 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2021-08-24
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
5.5 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
4.3 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Weaknesses
CWE-59

Description

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 2021-005 Catalina, iOS 14.8 and iPadOS 14.8, iOS 15 and iPadOS 15, watchOS 8, macOS Big Sur 11.6. An application may be able to access restricted files.

Affected configurations

• apple ipados (< 14.8) • apple iphone os (< 14.8) • apple mac os x (< 10.15.7) • apple mac os x 10.15.7 • apple macos (< 11.6) • apple tvos (< 15.0) • apple watchos (< 8.0)

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-59 Improper Link Resolution Before File Access weakness

References