CVE-2021-30952: Apple Multiple Products Integer Overflow Exploitation
Detects exploitation attempts of CVE-2021-30952, an integer overflow vulnerability in Apple Multiple Products. This vulnerability is listed in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, indicating active exploitation in the wild. Integer overflow conditions in Apple platform components can lead to memory corruption, arbitrary code execution, or privilege escalation.
Vulnerability Intelligence
KEV — Known ExploitedAffected Software
- Vendor
- Apple
- Product
- Multiple Products
Weakness (CWE)
Timeline
- Disclosed
- March 5, 2026
CVSS
What is CVE-2021-30952 CVE-2021-30952: Apple Multiple Products Integer Overflow Exploitation?
CVE-2021-30952: Apple Multiple Products Integer Overflow Exploitation (CVE-2021-30952) maps to the Execution and Privilege Escalation and Initial Access tactics — the adversary is trying to run malicious code in MITRE ATT&CK.
This page provides production-ready detection logic for CVE-2021-30952: Apple Multiple Products Integer Overflow Exploitation, covering the data sources and telemetry it touches: Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, Microsoft Sentinel. The queries below are rated high severity at medium confidence, and ship for 7 SIEM platforms — KQL, SPL, Elastic, QRadar, Sumo, YARA-L, LogScale.
MITRE ATT&CK
let lookback = 7d;
DeviceProcessEvents
| where Timestamp > ago(lookback)
| where DeviceType in ("MacOS", "iOS", "iPad")
| where (FileName in~ ("WebKit", "Safari", "MobileSafari", "com.apple.WebKit") or ProcessCommandLine has_any ("webkit", "JavaScriptCore", "WebCore"))
| where InitiatingProcessFileName !in~ ("softwareupdated", "mdmclient", "installd")
| extend RiskIndicator = case(
ProcessCommandLine has_any ("overflow", "heap spray", "shellcode"), "SuspiciousCommandArgs",
InitiatingProcessFileName has_any ("sh", "bash", "zsh") and FolderPath !startswith "/Applications", "ShellFromUnexpectedPath",
FileName has "crash" or ProcessCommandLine has "crash", "CrashIndicator",
"Unknown"
)
| where RiskIndicator != "Unknown"
| project Timestamp, DeviceName, DeviceType, AccountName, FileName, FolderPath, ProcessCommandLine, InitiatingProcessFileName, RiskIndicator
| order by Timestamp desc Detects suspicious process behaviors on Apple devices consistent with CVE-2021-30952 integer overflow exploitation, focusing on WebKit and related Apple framework processes spawning unexpected child processes or exhibiting crash-like behavior.
Data Sources
Required Tables
False Positives
- Legitimate Safari or WebKit updates being applied via software update mechanisms
- Developer testing environments running WebKit debug builds
- Security research tools performing WebKit fuzzing or vulnerability testing
- Crash reporter processes legitimately collecting diagnostic information
Sigma rule & cross-platform mapping
The detection logic for CVE-2021-30952: Apple Multiple Products Integer Overflow Exploitation (CVE-2021-30952) above is provided in a vendor-neutral
form so you can deploy it on any SIEM. The same logic is shipped here as native
KQL (Microsoft Sentinel / Defender), SPL (Splunk), Elastic (Elastic Security (EQL)), QRadar (IBM QRadar (AQL)), Sumo (Sumo Logic CSE), YARA-L (Google Chronicle / SecOps), LogScale (CrowdStrike LogScale (CQL)) queries. In Sigma terms, this detection targets the
following logsource:
logsource:
category: process_creation
product: windows Browse the community-maintained Sigma rules for this technique:
Platform-specific guides for CVE-2021-30952
Testing Methodology
Validate this detection against 3 adversary techniques from Atomic Red Team. Each test below lists the behaviour to exercise and the telemetry you should expect to see. Executable commands and cleanup steps are available with Pro.
- Test 1Simulate WebKit Process Spawning Shell from Non-Standard Path
Expected signal: Process creation event showing /tmp/webkit-sim/WebContent spawning with process name matching WebContent but executing from /tmp path
- Test 2Create Persistence via LaunchAgent After Simulated WebKit Compromise
Expected signal: File creation event for plist in ~/Library/LaunchAgents/ followed by launchctl process execution loading the new agent
- Test 3Simulate Integer Overflow Memory Pressure via Safari Crash Report Generation
Expected signal: File creation event for .crash file in /tmp with WebContent prefix; potential file integrity monitoring alert
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