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OS X update for APFS (CVE-2021-1797)

Severity
2
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
Feb 19, 2021
Added
Feb 19, 2021
Modified
Mar 27, 2026

Description

The issue was addressed with improved permissions logic. This issue is fixed in macOS Big Sur 11.2, Security Update 2021-001 Catalina, Security Update 2021-001 Mojave, watchOS 7.3, tvOS 14.4, iOS 14.4 and iPadOS 14.4. A local user may be able to read arbitrary files.

Solutions

apple-osx-security-update-2021-002-catalinaapple-osx-security-update-2021-003-mojaveapple-osx-upgrade-11_2
Title
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