PT-2024-29099 · Apple · Apple Macos

Gergely Kalman + 1 · Published 2024-09-16 · Updated 2024-09-24 · CVE-2024-40842

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.5

Medium

Base vector

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

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

Description An issue was addressed with improved validation of environment variables, which may allow an app to access user-sensitive data. The issue is fixed in macOS Sequoia 15.

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

Fix

Information Disclosure

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-200

Related Identifiers

CVE-2024-40842

Affected Products

Apple Macos

References · 10

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-40842 · Security Note
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/121238 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-40842 · Vendor Advisory
• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Sep/33 · Note
• https://twitter.com/VulmonFeeds/status/1835929736301695223 · Twitter Post
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2024-40842 · Note
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1835825777146998843 · Twitter Post
• https://t.me/cvenotify/95800 · Telegram Post
• https://twitter.com/theJoshMeister/status/1835874337053974991 · Twitter Post
• https://twitter.com/gergely_kalman/status/1835747057921130693 · Twitter Post