Local user identifier disclosure via access-control failure
Published Aug 24, 2021 · Updated Aug 3, 2024
An access-control flaw in the App Store in Apple macOS Monterey 12.0 allows attackers to read local users' Apple IDs via a malicious app. Apple has not published the App Store code path or the access-control check that mishandles the request. Exploitation requires a user to run the application locally; the reported consequence is limited to Apple ID disclosure, without data modification or service interruption.
Summary
What happened
An access-control flaw in the App Store in Apple macOS Monterey 12.0 allows attackers to read local users' Apple IDs via a malicious app. Apple has not published the App Store code path or the access-control check that mishandles the request. Exploitation requires a user to run the application locally; the reported consequence is limited to Apple ID disclosure, without data modification or service interruption.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2021-30994
- Published
- Aug 24, 2021
- Updated
- Aug 3, 2024
- Vendor
- Apple
- Product
- macOS
- Classifications
- T1087.001
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
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 <12.0
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