Vulnerability · Published Jul 29, 2024 · Assigned by apple

CVE-2024-27887

Medium 6.2

In plain English

A medium-severity path traversal 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 14% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)6.2Medium

Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 85.8% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

A path handling issue was addressed with improved validation. This issue is fixed in macOS Sonoma 14.4. An app may be able to access user-sensitive data.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
Apple	macOS	0 – before 14.4

Weakness: CWE-22 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

References

https://support.apple.com/en-us/120895
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT214084 x_transferred
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT214084 x_transferred