CVE-2021-31004
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2021-08-24 18:51
Modified
2024-08-03 22:48
Severity ?
Summary
A race condition was addressed with improved locking. This issue is fixed in macOS Monterey 12.0.1, macOS Big Sur 11.5. An application may be able to gain elevated privileges.
References
product-security@apple.comhttps://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212602
product-security@apple.comhttps://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212869
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212602
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212869
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Apple macOS Version: unspecified   < 12.0
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