Root-level arbitrary file read via undisclosed CUPS checks
Published Oct 19, 2021 · Updated Aug 3, 2024
Information disclosure in CUPS in Apple macOS allows local users to read arbitrary files with root privileges through unspecified input. Apple identifies the affected locus as CUPS but has not published which check accepted or mishandled attacker-controlled input. Exploitation requires local user access and yields reads of files otherwise protected by root ownership, with no reported write or code-execution impact.
Summary
What happened
Information disclosure in CUPS in Apple macOS allows local users to read arbitrary files with root privileges through unspecified input. Apple identifies the affected locus as CUPS but has not published which check accepted or mishandled attacker-controlled input. Exploitation requires local user access and yields reads of files otherwise protected by root ownership, with no reported write or code-execution impact.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2021-30828
- Published
- Oct 19, 2021
- Updated
- Aug 3, 2024
- Vendor
- Apple
- Product
- macOS
- Classifications
- CWE-668, T1005
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Oct 19, 2021CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Aug 3, 2024Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=unspecified <11.6
- Affected versionversion=unspecified <2021
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