CVE-2021-1815

2021-09-0814:54:29

apple

www.cve.org

parsing issue

directory paths

path validation

macos

big sur

ios

ipados

watchos

tvos

file system modification

AI Score

5.9

Confidence

Low

EPSS

Percentile

15.6%

JSON

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.

CNA Affected

[
  {
    "product": "iOS and iPadOS",
    "vendor": "Apple",
    "versions": [
      {
        "lessThan": "14.5",
        "status": "affected",
        "version": "unspecified",
        "versionType": "custom"
      }
    ]
  },
  {
    "product": "tvOS",
    "vendor": "Apple",
    "versions": [
      {
        "lessThan": "14.5",
        "status": "affected",
        "version": "unspecified",
        "versionType": "custom"
      }
    ]
  },
  {
    "product": "watchOS",
    "vendor": "Apple",
    "versions": [
      {
        "lessThan": "7.4",
        "status": "affected",
        "version": "unspecified",
        "versionType": "custom"
      }
    ]
  },
  {
    "product": "macOS",
    "vendor": "Apple",
    "versions": [
      {
        "lessThan": "11.3",
        "status": "affected",
        "version": "unspecified",
        "versionType": "custom"
      }
    ]
  }
]