High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Sep 8, 2021· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2021-30772

Description

This issue was addressed with improved checks. This issue is fixed in macOS Big Sur 11.5. A malicious application may be able to gain root privileges.

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Affected products

Apple Inc./macOS Big Surllm-fuzzy
Range: < 11.5
Apple Inc./macOSv5
Range: unspecified

Patches

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References

support.apple.com/en-us/HT212602nvdVendor Advisory
support.apple.com/kb/HT212600nvdVendor Advisory
support.apple.com/kb/HT212603nvdVendor Advisory

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