Vulnerability CVE-2021-1806 - CERT Civis.Net

Vulnerability Name:

CVE-2021-1806 (CCN-196508)

Assigned:

2020-12-08

Published:

2021-02-09

Updated:

2021-05-04

Summary:

A race condition was addressed with additional validation. This issue is fixed in macOS Big Sur 11.2.1, macOS Catalina 10.15.7 Supplemental Update, macOS Mojave 10.14.6 Security Update 2021-002. An application may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges.

CVSS v3 Severity:

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

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

7.8 High (CCN CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
6.8 Medium (CCN Temporal CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/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): High Integrity (I): High Availibility (A): High

CVSS v2 Severity:

7.6 High (CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)

Exploitability Metrics:	Access Vector (AV): Network Access Complexity (AC): High Authentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:	Confidentiality (C): Complete Integrity (I): Complete Availibility (A): Complete

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

Exploitability Metrics:	Access Vector (AV): Local Access Complexity (AC): Low Athentication (Au): Single_Instance
Impact Metrics:	Confidentiality (C): Complete Integrity (I): Complete Availibility (A): Complete

Vulnerability Type:

Vulnerability Consequences:

Gain Privileges

References:

Source: MITRE
Type: CNA
CVE-2021-1806

Source: FULLDISC
Type: Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
20210427 APPLE-SA-2021-04-26-4 Security Update 2021-003 Mojave

Source: XF
Type: UNKNOWN
apple-macos-cve20211806-priv-esc(196508)

Source: CCN
Type: Apple security document HT212177
About the security content of macOS Big Sur 11.2.1, macOS Catalina 10.15.7 Supplemental Update, and macOS Mojave 10.14.6 Security Update 2021-002

Source: MISC
Type: Vendor Advisory
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212177

Source: CCN
Type: Apple security document HT212327
About the security content of Security Update 2021-003 Mojave

Source: CONFIRM
Type: Vendor Advisory
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT212327

Source: CCN
Type: ZDI-21-197
Apple macOS process_token_BindQueryBufferMultiple Time-Of-Check Time-Of-Use Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Source: CCN
Type: ZDI-21-198
Apple macOS process_token_BindQueryStoreRegisterToMemoryList Time-Of-Check Time-Of-Use Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Source: CCN
Type: ZDI-21-200
Apple macOS process_token_BindQueryStoreRegisterToMemoryList Time-Of-Check Time-Of-Use Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Source: CCN
Type: ZDI-21-201
Apple macOS process_token_BlitLibSetup2D Time-Of-Check Time-Of-Use Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Vulnerable Configuration:

Configuration 1:

cpe:/o:apple:mac_os_x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (Version >= 10.14 and < 10.14.6)

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_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 < 10.15.7)

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

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

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

OR cpe:/o:apple:macos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (Version >= 11.0 and < 11.2.1)

Configuration CCN 1:

cpe:/o:apple:macos_catalina:10.15.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/o:apple:macos_big_sur:11.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Denotes that component is vulnerable