CVEvulnerability

CVE-2024-44264

5.5 MEDIUM Published 2024-10-28 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2024-10-28
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
5.5 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CVSS 3.1 (134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0)
7.5 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Weaknesses
CWE-59

Description

This issue was addressed with improved validation of symlinks. This issue is fixed in macOS Sequoia 15.1, macOS Sonoma 14.7.1, macOS Ventura 13.7.1. A malicious app may be able to create symlinks to protected regions of the disk.

Affected configurations

• apple macos (< 13.7.1) • apple macos (>= 14.0 < 14.7.1)

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-59 Improper Link Resolution Before File Access weakness

References