Privilege Escalation Vulnerability Patched in macOS Monterey 12.0.1 and macOS Big Sur 11.5

CVE-2021-31004 · HIGH Severity

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

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.

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