Root Privilege Escalation Vulnerability in macOS Big Sur 11.5 and Earlier Versions

CVE-2021-30777 · HIGH Severity

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

An injection issue was addressed with improved validation. This issue is fixed in macOS Big Sur 11.5, Security Update 2021-004 Catalina, Security Update 2021-005 Mojave. A malicious application may be able to gain root privileges.

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