CVE-2021-30855

State: Published
Severity: Not scored
Published: Aug 24, 2021
Updated: Aug 3, 2024
Reserved: Apr 13, 2021

Description

A validation issue existed in the handling of symlinks. This issue was addressed with improved validation of symlinks. This issue is fixed in Security Update 2021-005 Catalina, iOS 14.8 and iPadOS 14.8, iOS 15 and iPadOS 15, watchOS 8, macOS Big Sur 11.6. An application may be able to access restricted files.

Scores

The record has no CVSS score.

Weaknesses

The record names no weakness.

Affected Products

Product	Versions
macOSApple	before 11.6Affected
macOSApple	before 2021Affected
macOSApple	before 14.8Affected
macOSApple	before 15Affected
macOSApple	before 8Affected

References

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212804
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212805
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212807
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT212815
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212814
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212819

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