CVE-2021-1815
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2021-09-08 14:54
Modified
2024-08-03 16:25
Severity ?
Summary
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
product-security@apple.comhttps://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212317Vendor Advisory
product-security@apple.comhttps://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212323Vendor Advisory
product-security@apple.comhttps://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212324Vendor Advisory
product-security@apple.comhttps://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212325Vendor Advisory
Impacted products
AppleiOS and iPadOS
AppletvOS
ApplewatchOS
ApplemacOS
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