CVE-2024-27888 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

A permissions issue was addressed by removing vulnerable code and adding additional checks. This issue is fixed in macOS Sonoma 14.4. An app may be able to modify protected parts of the file system.

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 0.00025.

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-2024-25081	A permissions issue was addressed by removing vulnerable code and adding additional checks. This issue is fixed in macOS Sonoma 14.4. An app may be able to modify protected parts of the file system.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT214084
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT214084

History

Tue, 10 Dec 2024 15:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
First Time appeared		Apple Apple macos
Weaknesses		CWE-276
CPEs		cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos::::::::
Vendors & Products		Apple Apple macos
Metrics	cvssV3_1 `{'score': 7.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N'}`	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'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: apple

Published: 2024-07-29T22:17:24.302Z

Updated: 2025-02-13T17:47:11.733Z

Reserved: 2024-02-26T15:32:28.544Z

Link: CVE-2024-27888

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T00:41:55.495Z

NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2024-07-29T23:15:11.183

Modified: 2024-12-10T14:51:04.667

Link: CVE-2024-27888

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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