6.5
MEDIUM
CVE-2021-1799
Apple Safari Port Redirection Vulnerability
Description

A port redirection issue was addressed with additional port validation. This issue is fixed in macOS Big Sur 11.2, Security Update 2021-001 Catalina, Security Update 2021-001 Mojave, tvOS 14.4, watchOS 7.3, iOS 14.4 and iPadOS 14.4, Safari 14.0.3. A malicious website may be able to access restricted ports on arbitrary servers.

INFO

Published Date :

April 2, 2021, 7:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 7, 2023, 3:28 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

3.6

Exploitability Score :

2.8
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2021-1799 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Apple macos
2 Apple iphone_os
3 Apple tvos
4 Apple watchos
5 Apple safari
6 Apple ipad_os
1 Fedoraproject fedora
1 Webkitgtk webkitgtk

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2021-1799 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2021-1799 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 07, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference Apple Inc. https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/L3L6ZZOU5JS7E3RFYGLP7UFLXCG7TNLU/ [No types assigned]
    Added Reference Apple Inc. https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/JN6ZOD62CTO54CHTMJTHVEF6R2Y532TJ/ [No types assigned]
    Removed Reference Apple Inc. https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/L3L6ZZOU5JS7E3RFYGLP7UFLXCG7TNLU/
    Removed Reference Apple Inc. https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/JN6ZOD62CTO54CHTMJTHVEF6R2Y532TJ/
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Jun. 02, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Reference Type https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202104-03 No Types Assigned https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202104-03 Third Party Advisory
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:webkitgtk:webkitgtk:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 2.30.6
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 01, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202104-03 [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Apr. 13, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 Metadata Victim must voluntarily interact with attack mechanism
    Added CVSS V2 NIST (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
    Changed Reference Type https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/JN6ZOD62CTO54CHTMJTHVEF6R2Y532TJ/ No Types Assigned https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/JN6ZOD62CTO54CHTMJTHVEF6R2Y532TJ/ Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/L3L6ZZOU5JS7E3RFYGLP7UFLXCG7TNLU/ No Types Assigned https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/L3L6ZZOU5JS7E3RFYGLP7UFLXCG7TNLU/ Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212146 No Types Assigned https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212146 Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212147 No Types Assigned https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212147 Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212148 No Types Assigned https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212148 Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212149 No Types Assigned https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212149 Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212152 No Types Assigned https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212152 Vendor Advisory
    Added CWE NIST NVD-CWE-noinfo
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:apple:safari:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 14.0.3 *cpe:2.3:o:apple:ipad_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 14.4 *cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 14.4 *cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 11.0.1 up to (excluding) 11.2 *cpe:2.3:o:apple:tvos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 14.4 *cpe:2.3:o:apple:watchos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 7.3
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:32:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:33:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Apr. 11, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/JN6ZOD62CTO54CHTMJTHVEF6R2Y532TJ/ [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Apr. 04, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/L3L6ZZOU5JS7E3RFYGLP7UFLXCG7TNLU/ [No Types Assigned]
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2021-1799 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2021-1799 weaknesses.

Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.30 }} 0.04%

score

0.66262

percentile

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