7.0
HIGH
CVE-2021-30955
Apple macOS Monterey Kernel Arbitrary Code Execution
Description

A race condition was addressed with improved state handling. This issue is fixed in macOS Monterey 12.1, watchOS 8.3, iOS 15.2 and iPadOS 15.2, tvOS 15.2. A malicious application may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges.

INFO

Published Date :

Aug. 24, 2021, 7:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 7, 2023, 3:34 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

No

Impact Score :

5.9

Exploitability Score :

1.0
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2021-30955 has a 16 public PoC/Exploit available at Github. Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.

Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2021-30955 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 ipados
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2021-30955.

URL Resource
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212975
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212976
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212978
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212980

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

All CVE - PoC in GitHub

poc proofofconcept tester allcve cvegithub cvenew cvepoc cveupdate

Updated: 2 months, 4 weeks ago
5 stars 2 fork 2 watcher
Born at : March 22, 2024, 3:58 p.m. This repo has been linked 928 different CVEs too.

None

Updated: 8 months, 1 week ago
1 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : March 11, 2024, 1:21 p.m. This repo has been linked 930 different CVEs too.

None

Updated: 9 months ago
2 stars 2 fork 2 watcher
Born at : Nov. 25, 2022, 5:43 p.m. This repo has been linked 930 different CVEs too.

None

Updated: 4 months, 3 weeks ago
8 stars 1 fork 1 watcher
Born at : June 21, 2022, 7:45 a.m. This repo has been linked 943 different CVEs too.

A test app to check if your device is vulnerable to CVE-2021-30955

exploit hacktoberfest ios

Objective-C C

Updated: 4 months, 3 weeks ago
18 stars 5 fork 5 watcher
Born at : March 18, 2022, 12:32 p.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.

desc_race exploit for iOS 15.0 - 15.1.1 (with stable kernel r/w primitives) (CVE-2021-30955)

Objective-C C++ C

Updated: 5 months, 3 weeks ago
10 stars 4 fork 4 watcher
Born at : March 15, 2022, 1:30 p.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.

CVE-2021-30955 iOS 15.1.1 POC for 6GB RAM devices (A14-A15)

Swift Objective-C C

Updated: 10 months, 1 week ago
48 stars 13 fork 13 watcher
Born at : March 14, 2022, 6:42 a.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.

iOS 15.0-15.1 kernel exploit

C

Updated: 2 years, 8 months ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : March 10, 2022, 2:27 a.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.

iOS 15.1 kernel exploit POC for CVE-2021-30955

C

Updated: 2 months, 4 weeks ago
251 stars 44 fork 44 watcher
Born at : March 1, 2022, 12:41 p.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.

https://gist.github.com/jakeajames/37f72c58c775bfbdda3aa9575149a8aa compiled into a ipa 15.0-15.2b1

Updated: 2 years, 7 months ago
3 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : Feb. 28, 2022, 11:28 p.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.

Jake Jame's proof of concept wrapped into an iOS app for CVE-2021-30955

Swift C

Updated: 2 years, 5 months ago
1 stars 1 fork 1 watcher
Born at : Feb. 28, 2022, 10:23 p.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.

Clone from gist

C

Updated: 1 year, 7 months ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : Feb. 28, 2022, 2:54 p.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.

My starred Repos

Updated: 2 months, 2 weeks ago
14 stars 1 fork 1 watcher
Born at : Jan. 5, 2022, 6:58 a.m. This repo has been linked 3 different CVEs too.

Gexo is an ????-tethered (probably has to be rootless) iOS 15, 15.0.1, ~~15.0.2~~, 15.1 Beta 3, 15.1, & 15.1.1 jailbreak

Updated: 4 months, 4 weeks ago
1 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : Dec. 27, 2021, 4:43 p.m. This repo has been linked 2 different CVEs too.

Discover the recently created open source projects.

open-source open-source-software open-source-project awesome-list

Updated: 1 year, 2 months ago
29 stars 2 fork 2 watcher
Born at : Dec. 22, 2021, 10:53 a.m. This repo has been linked 11 different CVEs too.

Results are limited to the first 15 repositories due to potential performance issues.

The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2021-30955 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2021-30955 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 Source Update by [email protected]

    Nov. 07, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Source MITRE Apple Inc.
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 07, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference Apple Inc. https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212975 [No types assigned]
    Added Reference Apple Inc. https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212976 [No types assigned]
    Added Reference Apple Inc. https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212978 [No types assigned]
    Added Reference Apple Inc. https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212980 [No types assigned]
    Removed Reference MITRE https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212975
    Removed Reference MITRE https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212978
    Removed Reference MITRE https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212976
    Removed Reference MITRE https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212980
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Dec. 29, 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:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Changed Reference Type https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212975 No Types Assigned https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212975 Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212976 No Types Assigned https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212976 Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212978 No Types Assigned https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212978 Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212980 No Types Assigned https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212980 Vendor Advisory
    Added CWE NIST CWE-362
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:apple:ipados:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 15.2 *cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 15.2 *cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 12.1 *cpe:2.3:o:apple:tvos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 15.2 *cpe:2.3:o:apple:watchos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 8.3
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Dec. 23, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Description ** REJECT ** DO NOT USE THIS CANDIDATE NUMBER. ConsultIDs: none. Reason: This candidate was withdrawn by the CVE program. Notes: none. A race condition was addressed with improved state handling. This issue is fixed in macOS Monterey 12.1, watchOS 8.3, iOS 15.2 and iPadOS 15.2, tvOS 15.2. A malicious application may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges.
    Added Reference https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212975 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212978 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212976 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212980 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Unrejected by [email protected]

    Dec. 23, 2021

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

    Aug. 24, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
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-2021-30955 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-2021-30955 weaknesses.

Exploit Prediction

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

0.12 }} 0.01%

score

0.45813

percentile

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