CVE-2021-30908 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

An authentication issue was addressed with improved state management. This issue is fixed in macOS Monterey 12.0.1, macOS Big Sur 11.6.1. A local attacker may be able to view the previous logged-in user’s desktop from the fast user switching screen.

Published: 2021-08-24

Score: 3.3 Low

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

Apple

macOS

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`unspecified`	affected	< 11.6

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos::::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:12.0:::::::*

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-2021-17825	An authentication issue was addressed with improved state management. This issue is fixed in macOS Monterey 12.0.1, macOS Big Sur 11.6.1. A local attacker may be able to view the previous logged-in user’s desktop from the fast user switching screen.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00049.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212869
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212872

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Apple Macos

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: apple

Published: 2021-08-24T18:50:12.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-03T22:48:13.945Z

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

Link: CVE-2021-30908

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2021-08-24T19:15:18.903

Modified: 2024-11-21T06:04:56.627

Link: CVE-2021-30908

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-noinfo

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