CVE-2021-30864 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

A logic issue was addressed with improved state management. This issue is fixed in macOS Monterey 12.0.1. A sandboxed process may be able to circumvent sandbox restrictions.

Published: 2021-08-24

Score: 8.6 High

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

Apple

macOS

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`unspecified`	affected	< 12.0

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos::::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:12.0.0:::::::*

No data.

No data available yet.

Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2021-17781	A logic issue was addressed with improved state management. This issue is fixed in macOS Monterey 12.0.1. A sandboxed process may be able to circumvent sandbox restrictions.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.0023.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212869
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT212804

History

Tue, 15 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics	epss `{'score': 0.0056}`	epss `{'score': 0.00344}`

Mon, 14 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics	epss `{'score': 0.0043}`	epss `{'score': 0.0056}`

Subscriptions

Apple Macos

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: apple

Published: 2021-08-24T18:49:29.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-03T22:48:13.459Z

Reserved: 2021-04-13T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2021-30864

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2021-08-24T19:15:14.733

Modified: 2024-11-21T06:04:52.117

Link: CVE-2021-30864

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-noinfo

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