Vulnerability · Published Jun 10, 2024 · Assigned by apple
CVE-2024-27885
Medium 6.3
In plain English
A medium-severity security flaw 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 0.3% (higher than 19% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS 3.1)6.3Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.3%top 81.0% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
This issue was addressed with improved validation of symlinks. This issue is fixed in macOS Monterey 12.7.5, macOS Sonoma 14.5, macOS Ventura 13.6.7. An app may be able to modify protected parts of the file system.
Affected products (as reported)
Weakness: CWE-59 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N
References
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/120899
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/120900
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/120903
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT214107 x_transferred
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT214106 x_transferred
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT214105 x_transferred
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT214107 x_transferred
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT214105 x_transferred
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT214106 x_transferred