CVE-2024-40825

State: Published
Severity: 6.0 Medium
Published: Sep 16, 2024
Updated: Apr 2, 2026
Reserved: Jul 10, 2024

Description

The issue was addressed with improved checks. This issue is fixed in macOS Sequoia 15, visionOS 2. A malicious app with root privileges may be able to modify the contents of system files.

Scores

CVSS	Score	Vector	Source
3.1	6.0 Medium	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N	CISA-ADP

Weaknesses

CWE-284 Improper Access Control

Affected Products

Product	Versions
macOSApple	before 15Affected
visionOSApple	before 2Affected

References

https://support.apple.com/en-us/121238
https://support.apple.com/en-us/121249
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Sep/36
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Sep/33

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