fkie_cve-2024-44260
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd
Published
2024-10-28 22:15
Modified
2025-11-03 23:15
Severity ?
4.4 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
6.7 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
This issue was addressed by removing the vulnerable code. This issue is fixed in macOS Ventura 13.7.1, macOS Sonoma 14.7.1. A malicious app with root privileges may be able to modify the contents of system files.
References
product-security@apple.comhttps://support.apple.com/en-us/121568Vendor Advisory
product-security@apple.comhttps://support.apple.com/en-us/121570Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Oct/11
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Oct/12
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Oct/13
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
apple macos *
apple macos *


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