CVEvulnerability
CVE-2024-40861
7.8 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2024-09-17
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 7.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 3.1 (134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0)
- 7.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-269
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.
Affected configurations
• apple macos (< 15.0)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-269 Improper Privilege Management weakness
References
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/121238 Vendor Advisory
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Sep/33 seclists.org