CVE-2021-1815

medium

Description

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

References

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

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

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

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

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2021-09-08

Updated: 2022-10-18

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