CVE-2024-23285 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00055.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Apple	Macos

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2024-20804	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.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Mar/21
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT214084
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT214084

History

Tue, 04 Nov 2025 19:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
References		https://support.apple.com/kb/HT214084

Sat, 07 Dec 2024 03:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
First Time appeared		Apple Apple macos
Weaknesses		CWE-59
CPEs		cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos::::::::
Vendors & Products		Apple Apple macos
Metrics	cvssV3_1 `{'score': 7.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}`	cvssV3_1 `{'score': 5.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N'}`

Tue, 27 Aug 2024 22:00:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Weaknesses		CWE-61
Metrics		cvssV3_1 `{'score': 7.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: apple

Published: 2024-03-08T01:35:31.663Z

Updated: 2025-11-04T18:27:48.727Z

Reserved: 2024-01-12T22:22:21.499Z

Link: CVE-2024-23285

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-01T22:59:32.157Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2024-03-08T02:15:49.930

Modified: 2025-11-04T19:16:49.727

Link: CVE-2024-23285

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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