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CVE-2021-30713

HIGH

7.8

CVSS Score

Published: September 8, 2021 at 02:29 PM UTC

Updated: June 17, 2026 at 03:50 AM UTC

1 product affected across 1 vendormacOS

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Severity

HIGH7.8

Exploitation

CISA KEV

Exploit prediction

EPSS 7%

SSVC

Active

Actively Exploited

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) Catalog

EPSS Score7.0%

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System) estimates a 7.0% chance this CVE is exploited in the wild within the next 30 days — higher than 94% of all CVEs. It complements CVSS: a high EPSS on a mid-severity CVE can still be urgent.

Apple macOS Transparency, Consent, and Control (TCC) contains an unspecified permissions issue which may allow a malicious application to bypass privacy preferences.

Required Action

Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Ransomware Use

Unknown

Added to KEV

Nov 3, 2021

Remediation Due

Nov 17, 2021

1808 days overdue

Notes

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-30713

Description

A permissions issue was addressed with improved validation. This issue is fixed in macOS Big Sur 11.4. A malicious application may be able to bypass Privacy preferences. Apple is aware of a report that this issue may have been actively exploited..

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

95%

v < 11.410.15 ≤ v ≤ 10.15.710.15.7 10.15.7 security_update_2020 10.15.7 security_update_2020-1 10.15.7 security_update_2020-5 10.15.7 security_update_2020-7 10.15.7 security_update_2021-1 10.15.7 security_update_2021-2 10.15.7 security_update_2021-3 10.15.7 security_update_2021-4

Affected range stops below 11.4, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

Patch and advisory references

References (4)

Mailing Listx_refsource_FULLDISCThird Party Advisory

Source: [email protected]

http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2021/Sep/40

x_refsource_MISCRelease NotesVendor Advisory

Source: [email protected]

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212529

x_refsource_CONFIRMRelease NotesVendor Advisory

Source: [email protected]

https://support.apple.com/kb/HT212805

Third Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource

Source: 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0

https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2021-30713

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCActiveNot automatableTotal impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

7.8HIGHCISA-ADP

Attack Vector: LOCAL
Complexity: LOW
Privileges: LOW
User Interaction: NONE
Scope: UNCHANGED
Confidentiality: HIGH
Integrity: HIGH
Availability: HIGH

Vector?

Quick Info

StatusANALYZED

CWE

CWE-20CWE-862

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