CVE-2024-40828 (GCVE-0-2024-40828)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-07-29 22:17 – Updated: 2025-11-04 17:26
VLAI?
Summary
The issue was addressed with improved checks. This issue is fixed in macOS Sonoma 14.6, macOS Monterey 12.7.6, macOS Ventura 13.6.8. A malicious app may be able to gain root privileges.
Severity ?
8.4 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • A malicious app may be able to gain root privileges
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Apple macOS Affected: unspecified , < 13.6 (custom)
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    Apple macOS Affected: unspecified , < 14.6 (custom)
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    Apple macOS Affected: unspecified , < 12.7 (custom)
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