Gatekeeper bypass via Archive Utility state mishandling
Published Aug 24, 2021 · Updated Aug 3, 2024
Security-feature bypass in Apple macOS lets local users run a malicious application without Gatekeeper checks through Archive Utility. Archive Utility mishandles security state, but Apple has not published the triggering input or the specific state transition that fails. Exploitation requires local execution of a malicious application; the reported consequence is bypass of Gatekeeper validation, not privilege escalation.
Summary
What happened
Security-feature bypass in Apple macOS lets local users run a malicious application without Gatekeeper checks through Archive Utility. Archive Utility mishandles security state, but Apple has not published the triggering input or the specific state transition that fails. Exploitation requires local execution of a malicious application; the reported consequence is bypass of Gatekeeper validation, not privilege escalation.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2021-30950
- Published
- Aug 24, 2021
- Updated
- Aug 3, 2024
- Vendor
- Apple
- Product
- macOS
- Classifications
- T1553.001
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Aug 24, 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 <12.1
- Affected versionversion=unspecified <2021
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