CVE-2024-23285 (GCVE-0-2024-23285)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-03-08 01:35 – Updated: 2025-11-04 18:27
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Summary
This issue was addressed with improved handling of symlinks. This issue is fixed in macOS Sonoma 14.4. An app may be able to create symlinks to protected regions of the disk.
Severity ?
7.8 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • An app may be able to create symlinks to protected regions of the disk
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Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Apple macOS Affected: unspecified , < 14.4 (custom)
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