An issue was addressed with improved validation of environment variables. This issue is fixed in macOS Sequoia 15. An app may be able to access user-sensitive data.

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Affected Vendors & Products

Vendors Products
Apple
  • Macos

Configuration 1 [-]

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

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References
Link Providers
https://support.apple.com/en-us/121238 cve-icon cve-icon
History

Tue, 18 Mar 2025 20:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-200

Tue, 24 Sep 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:H/I:N/A:N'}

Tue, 17 Sep 2024 14:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Mon, 16 Sep 2024 23:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description An issue was addressed with improved validation of environment variables. This issue is fixed in macOS Sequoia 15. An app may be able to access user-sensitive data.
References
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: apple

Published:

Updated: 2025-03-18T19:58:04.225Z

Reserved: 2024-07-10T17:11:04.707Z

Link: CVE-2024-40842

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-09-17T13:57:33.151Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2024-09-17T00:15:49.013

Modified: 2025-03-18T20:15:22.593

Link: CVE-2024-40842

cve-icon Redhat

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