Path Traversal in Apple iOS And Ipados
CVE-2021-1739
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.
Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.004 (28.2th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 28th percentile — 28.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Apple iOS And Ipados — versions unspecified
- Apple Ipados
- Apple Iphone OS
- Apple macOS — versions unspecified
- Apple Mac OS X — versions 10.14.6, 10.15, 10.15.6
- Apple tvOS — versions unspecified
- Apple watchOS — versions unspecified
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- support.apple.com/en-us/HT212317 (Vendor Advisory)
- support.apple.com/en-us/HT212323 (Vendor Advisory)
- support.apple.com/en-us/HT212324 (Vendor Advisory)
- support.apple.com/en-us/HT212325 (Vendor Advisory)
- support.apple.com/en-us/HT212326 (Vendor Advisory)
- support.apple.com/en-us/HT212327 (Vendor Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2021-1739?
- CVE-2021-1739 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Apple iOS And Ipados, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2021-09-08.
- How severe is CVE-2021-1739?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2021-1739 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.