Vulnerability CVE-2021-1739 - CERT Civis.Net

Vulnerability Name:

CVE-2021-1739 (CCN-200720)

Assigned:

2020-12-08

Published:

2021-04-26

Updated:

2021-09-15

Summary:

A parsing issue in the handling of directory paths was addressed with improved path validation. This issue is fixed in Security Update 2021-002 Catalina, Security Update 2021-003 Mojave, iOS 14.5 and iPadOS 14.5, watchOS 7.4, tvOS 14.5, macOS Big Sur 11.3. A local user may be able to modify protected parts of the file system.

CVSS v3 Severity:

5.5 Medium (CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N)
4.8 Medium (Temporal CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C)

Exploitability Metrics:	Attack Vector (AV): Local Attack Complexity (AC): Low Privileges Required (PR): Low User Interaction (UI): None
Scope:	Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:	Confidentiality (C): None Integrity (I): High Availibility (A): None

5.5 Medium (CCN CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N)
4.8 Medium (CCN Temporal CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C)

Exploitability Metrics:	Attack Vector (AV): Local Attack Complexity (AC): Low Privileges Required (PR): None User Interaction (UI): Required
Scope:	Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:	Confidentiality (C): None Integrity (I): High Availibility (A): None

CVSS v2 Severity:

2.1 Low (CVSS v2 Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)

Exploitability Metrics:	Access Vector (AV): Local Access Complexity (AC): Low Authentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:	Confidentiality (C): None Integrity (I): Partial Availibility (A): None

4.6 Medium (CCN CVSS v2 Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:C/A:N)

Exploitability Metrics:	Access Vector (AV): Local Access Complexity (AC): Low Athentication (Au): Single_Instance
Impact Metrics:	Confidentiality (C): None Integrity (I): Complete Availibility (A): None

Vulnerability Type:

Vulnerability Consequences:

Bypass Security

References:

Source: MITRE
Type: CNA
CVE-2021-1739

Source: XF
Type: UNKNOWN
apple-ios-cve20211739-sec-bypass(200720)

Source: CCN
Type: Apple security document HT212317
About the security content of iOS 14.5 and iPadOS 14.5

Source: MISC
Type: Vendor Advisory
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212317

Source: MISC
Type: Vendor Advisory
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212323

Source: MISC
Type: Vendor Advisory
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212324

Source: MISC
Type: Vendor Advisory
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212325

Source: MISC
Type: Vendor Advisory
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212326

Source: MISC
Type: Vendor Advisory
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212327

Vulnerable Configuration:

Configuration 1:

cpe:/o:apple:ipados:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (Version < 14.5)

OR cpe:/o:apple:iphone_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (Version < 14.5)

OR cpe:/o:apple:mac_os_x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (Version >= 10.14 and <= 10.14.5)

OR cpe:/o:apple:mac_os_x:10.14.6:-:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/o:apple:mac_os_x:10.14.6:security_update_2019-001:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/o:apple:mac_os_x:10.14.6:security_update_2019-002:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/o:apple:mac_os_x:10.14.6:security_update_2019-004:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/o:apple:mac_os_x:10.14.6:security_update_2019-005:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/o:apple:mac_os_x:10.14.6:security_update_2019-006:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/o:apple:mac_os_x:10.14.6:security_update_2019-007:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/o:apple:mac_os_x:10.14.6:security_update_2020-001:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/o:apple:mac_os_x:10.14.6:security_update_2020-002:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/o:apple:mac_os_x:10.14.6:security_update_2020-003:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/o:apple:mac_os_x:10.14.6:security_update_2020-004:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/o:apple:mac_os_x:10.14.6:security_update_2020-005:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/o:apple:mac_os_x:10.14.6:security_update_2020-006:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/o:apple:mac_os_x:10.14.6:security_update_2020-007:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/o:apple:mac_os_x:10.14.6:security_update_2021-001:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/o:apple:mac_os_x:10.14.6:security_update_2021-002:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/o:apple:mac_os_x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (Version >= 10.15 and <= 10.15.5)

OR cpe:/o:apple:mac_os_x:10.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/o:apple:mac_os_x:10.15.6:-:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/o:apple:mac_os_x:10.15.6:supplemental_update:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/o:apple:mac_os_x:10.15.7:-:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/o:apple:mac_os_x:10.15.7:security_update_2020:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/o:apple:mac_os_x:10.15.7:security_update_2020-001:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/o:apple:mac_os_x:10.15.7:security_update_2020-005:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/o:apple:mac_os_x:10.15.7:security_update_2020-007:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/o:apple:mac_os_x:10.15.7:security_update_2021-001:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/o:apple:mac_os_x:10.15.7:supplemental_update:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/o:apple:macos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (Version >= 11.0 and < 11.3)

OR cpe:/o:apple:tvos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (Version < 14.5)

OR cpe:/o:apple:watchos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (Version < 7.4)

Configuration CCN 1:

cpe:/o:apple:ios:14.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/o:apple:ipados:14.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Denotes that component is vulnerable