PT-2024-29095 · Apple · Apple Macos

Brian Mcnulty + 2 · Published 2024-09-16 · Updated 2024-09-25 · CVE-2024-40838

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

3.3

Low

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions macOS versions prior to 15

Description A privacy issue was addressed by moving sensitive data to a protected location. A malicious app may be able to access notifications from the user's device.

Recommendations For versions prior to 15, update to macOS Sequoia 15 to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to sensitive notifications until the update is applied.

Fix

Information Disclosure

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-200

Related Identifiers

CVE-2024-40838

Affected Products

Apple Macos

References · 8

• https://support.apple.com/en-us/121238 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-40838 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-40838 · Vendor Advisory
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1835825795279057384 · Twitter Post
• https://twitter.com/VulmonFeeds/status/1835927466738680279 · Twitter Post
• https://t.me/cvenotify/95999 · Telegram Post
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2024-40838 · Note
• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Sep/33 · Note