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CVE-2021-1815
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,…
Medium5.5EPSS 0.40%
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- apple
Description
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Medium5.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.40% · top 66% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.5.
Weakness
- A local user may be able to modify protected parts of the file system
- CWE-22 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-22 and its CVEs
Affected products
References (4)
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212317 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212323 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212324 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212325 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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