CVE-2024-40802 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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 local attacker may be able to elevate their privileges.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00013.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

Vendors	Products
Apple	Macos

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos::::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos::::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos::::::::

No data.

No data.

Advisories

No advisories yet.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Jul/18
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Jul/19
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Jul/20
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT214118
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT214119
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT214120
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT214118
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT214119
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT214120

History

Tue, 04 Nov 2025 18:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
References		https://support.apple.com/kb/HT214118 https://support.apple.com/kb/HT214119 https://support.apple.com/kb/HT214120

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

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Weaknesses		NVD-CWE-noinfo

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: apple

Published: 2024-07-29T22:16:55.423Z

Updated: 2025-11-04T17:24:44.599Z

Reserved: 2024-07-10T17:11:04.692Z

Link: CVE-2024-40802

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-11-04T17:24:44.599Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2024-07-29T23:15:12.810

Modified: 2025-11-04T18:16:36.603

Link: CVE-2024-40802

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

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