Medium severity5.5NVD Advisory· Published Sep 8, 2021· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2021-1740
CVE-2021-1740
Description
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, 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.
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Affected products
7<11.3 and before Security Update 2021-002 Catalina+ 1 more
- (no CPE)range: <11.3 and before Security Update 2021-002 Catalina
- (no CPE)range: unspecified
- Range: <14.5
- Range: <14.5
- Range: unspecified
- Range: unspecified
- Range: unspecified
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
5- support.apple.com/en-us/HT212317nvdVendor Advisory
- support.apple.com/en-us/HT212323nvdVendor Advisory
- support.apple.com/en-us/HT212324nvdVendor Advisory
- support.apple.com/en-us/HT212325nvdVendor Advisory
- support.apple.com/en-us/HT212326nvdVendor Advisory
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