Vulnerability · Published May 13, 2024 · Assigned by apple
CVE-2024-27821
High 7.5
In plain English
A high-severity path traversal in iOS and iPadOS from Apple. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.9% (higher than 60% of all known vulnerabilities). Ready-made attack tooling exists: public proof-of-concept code.
Severity (CVSS 3.1)7.5High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.9%top 39.7% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack tooling1Public PoC
Official description
A path handling issue was addressed with improved validation. This issue is fixed in iOS 17.5 and iPadOS 17.5, macOS Sonoma 14.5, watchOS 10.5. A shortcut may output sensitive user data without consent.
Affected products (as reported)
Weakness: CWE-22 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
References
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/120902
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/120903
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/120905
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT214101 x_transferred
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT214106 x_transferred
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT214104 x_transferred
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/May/10 x_transferred
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT214104 x_transferred
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT214106 x_transferred
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/May/12 x_transferred
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/May/16 x_transferred
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT214101 x_transferred