Vulnerability · Published Sep 16, 2024 · Assigned by apple

CVE-2024-44190

Medium 5.5

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 16% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)5.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 83.9% 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 Sequoia 15, macOS Sonoma 14.7, macOS Ventura 13.7. An app may be able to read arbitrary files.

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Apple macOS 0 – before 13.70 – before 14.70 – before 15

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

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