cve-2024-27885
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2024-06-10 20:56
Modified
2025-03-13 17:10
Severity ?
6.3 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N
EPSS score ?
0.07% (0.18955)
Summary
This issue was addressed with improved validation of symlinks. This issue is fixed in macOS Sonoma 14.5, macOS Ventura 13.6.7, macOS Monterey 12.7.5. An app may be able to modify protected parts of the file system.
References
product-security@apple.comhttps://support.apple.com/en-us/HT214105Vendor Advisory
product-security@apple.comhttps://support.apple.com/en-us/HT214106Vendor Advisory
product-security@apple.comhttps://support.apple.com/en-us/HT214107Vendor Advisory
product-security@apple.comhttps://support.apple.com/kb/HT214105Vendor Advisory
product-security@apple.comhttps://support.apple.com/kb/HT214106Vendor Advisory
product-security@apple.comhttps://support.apple.com/kb/HT214107Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT214105Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT214106Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT214107Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://support.apple.com/kb/HT214105Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://support.apple.com/kb/HT214106Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://support.apple.com/kb/HT214107Vendor Advisory
Impacted products
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Apple macOS Version: unspecified   < 13.6
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   Apple macOS Version: unspecified   < 12.7
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