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.
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2021-17598 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.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: apple

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-03T22:40:31.948Z

Reserved: 2021-04-13T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2021-30681

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2021-09-08T15:15:14.307

Modified: 2024-11-21T06:04:25.820

Link: CVE-2021-30681

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