CVE-2024-40827 - 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. An app may be able to overwrite arbitrary files.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00033.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

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, 25 Mar 2025 16:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Fri, 23 Aug 2024 15:15:00 +0000

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

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: apple

Published: 2024-07-29T22:16:41.217Z

Updated: 2025-11-04T17:26:19.665Z

Reserved: 2024-07-10T17:11:04.699Z

Link: CVE-2024-40827

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-11-04T17:26:19.665Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2024-07-29T23:15:14.067

Modified: 2025-11-04T18:16:40.490

Link: CVE-2024-40827

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

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