Vulnerability · Published Mar 8, 2024 · Assigned by apple

CVE-2024-23238

High 7.1

In plain English

A high-severity improper access control in macOS from Apple. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.2% (higher than 11% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)7.1High

Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 88.5% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

An access issue was addressed with improved access restrictions. This issue is fixed in macOS Sonoma 14.4. An app may be able to edit NVRAM variables.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
Apple	macOS	0 – before 14.4

Weakness: CWE-284 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

References

https://support.apple.com/en-us/120895
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT214084 x_transferred
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Mar/21 x_transferred
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT214084