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Medium severity5.5NVD Advisory· Published Sep 8, 2021· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2021-30738

CVE-2021-30738

Description

A malicious application may be able to overwrite arbitrary files. This issue is fixed in macOS Big Sur 11.4, Security Update 2021-004 Mojave. An issue with path validation logic for hardlinks was addressed with improved path sanitization.

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Affected products

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  • Apple Inc./Mac OS X20 versions
    cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 19 more
    • cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: >=10.14.0,<=10.14.5
    • cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.14.6:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.14.6:security_update_2019-001:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.14.6:security_update_2019-002:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.14.6:security_update_2019-004:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.14.6:security_update_2019-005:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.14.6:security_update_2019-006:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.14.6:security_update_2019-007:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.14.6:security_update_2020-001:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.14.6:security_update_2020-002:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.14.6:security_update_2020-003:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.14.6:security_update_2020-004:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.14.6:security_update_2020-005:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.14.6:security_update_2020-006:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.14.6:security_update_2020-007:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.14.6:security_update_2021-001:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.14.6:security_update_2021-002:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.14.6:security_update_2021-003:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.14.6:supplemental_update:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.14.6:supplemental_update_2:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • Apple Inc./macOS2 versions
    cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
    • cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: >=11.0.1,<11.4
    • (no CPE)range: unspecified
  • Apple Inc./macOS Mojavellm-create
    Range: Security Update 2021-004
  • Apple Inc./macOS Big Surllm-fuzzy
    Range: =11.4

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