cve-2024-40825
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2024-09-16 23:23
Modified
2024-09-17 19:14
Severity ?
6.0 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
Summary
The issue was addressed with improved checks. This issue is fixed in visionOS 2, macOS Sequoia 15. A malicious app with root privileges may be able to modify the contents of system files.
References
product-security@apple.comhttps://support.apple.com/en-us/121238Vendor Advisory
product-security@apple.comhttps://support.apple.com/en-us/121249Vendor Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Apple macOS Version: unspecified   < 15
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