CVE-2024-40861 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

The issue was addressed with improved checks. This issue is fixed in macOS Sequoia 15. An app may be able to gain root privileges.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00052.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

Vendors	Products
Apple	Macos

Configuration 1 [-]

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

No data.

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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/Sep/33
https://support.apple.com/en-us/121238

History

Tue, 04 Nov 2025 17:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
References		http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Sep/33

Sun, 13 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics	epss `{'score': 0.00025}`	epss `{'score': 0.00026}`

Thu, 12 Dec 2024 15:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Weaknesses		NVD-CWE-noinfo
CPEs		cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos::::::::

Tue, 17 Sep 2024 15:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
First Time appeared		Apple Apple macos
Weaknesses		CWE-269
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:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}` ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

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

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Description		The issue was addressed with improved checks. This issue is fixed in macOS Sequoia 15. An app may be able to gain root privileges.
References		https://support.apple.com/en-us/121238

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: apple

Published: 2024-09-16T23:22:35.793Z

Updated: 2025-11-04T16:13:34.811Z

Reserved: 2024-07-10T17:11:04.714Z

Link: CVE-2024-40861

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-09-17T14:59:09.336Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2024-09-17T00:15:49.690

Modified: 2025-11-04T17:16:02.053

Link: CVE-2024-40861

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

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