CVE-2024-44264

MEDIUM

5.5

Description

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

CVE Details

CVSS v3.1 Score5.5

SeverityMEDIUM

CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Attack VectorLOCAL

ComplexityLOW

Privileges RequiredNONE

User InteractionREQUIRED

Published10/28/2024

Last Modified11/3/2025

Sourcenvd

Honeypot Sightings0

Affected Products

apple:macos

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-59CWE-59

References

https://support.apple.com/en-us/121568(product-security@apple.com)

https://support.apple.com/en-us/121570(product-security@apple.com)

http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Oct/11(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Oct/12(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Oct/13(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

IOC Correlations

No correlations recorded

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