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01 Record

CVE-2021-31004

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.

UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: apple
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector

02 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.

03 Exploitation and scoring

Exploitation
Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
SSVC decision
Not assessed by CISA
EPSS probability
0.47% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
EPSS percentile
Equal to or higher than the score of 40.8% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
NVD base score
7.0 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
NVD CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD analysis status
Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
Red Hat severity
No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

04 Metadata

Published
2021-08-24 18:51Z5 YR AGO
Last updated
2024-08-03 22:48Z2 YR AGO
Reserved
2021-04-13
Assigning CNA
apple
Record state
PUBLISHED
Severity
Not rated by the issuing CNA
CNA CVSS vector
Not published by the issuing CNA
Weaknesses
  • CWE-362Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')Class
Data version
5.1
Document digest
f56c95a977e2b40e48158a0fb576fbd2e679c13fde2341fa9a2019adbbde1ae4

05 Affected products

VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
ApplemacOS< 11.5, < 12.0—

06 References