CVE-2021-31004

Published: Aug 24, 2021Modified: Jun 17, 2026

7.0

Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploitability: 1.0 / Impact: 5.9

Source: NVD

Description

A race condition was addressed with improved locking. This issue is fixed in macOS Monterey 12.0.1, macOS Big Sur 11.5. An application may be able to gain elevated privileges.

Affected (2)

Products: Apple: Macos

Apple

1 product

Macos

Configuration A

2 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Apple Macos	From 11.0 to 11.5
Apple Macos	Version 12.0.0

Related CWEs

CWE-362

Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')

The product contains a code sequence that can run concurrently with other code, and the code sequence requires temporary, exclusive access to a shared resource, but a timing window exists in which the shared resource can be modified by another code sequence that is operating concurrently.

References (4)

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212602

Source: product-security@apple.com

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212869

Source: product-security@apple.com

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212602

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212869

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

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