PT-2024-31012 · Apple · Apple Macos

Mickey Jin · Published 2024-09-16 · Updated 2025-03-15 · CVE-2024-44178

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.5

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions macOS versions prior to 13.7 macOS Sonoma versions prior to 14.7 macOS Sequoia versions prior to 15

Description The issue allows an app to modify protected parts of the file system due to a symlink validation bypass. This was addressed with improved validation of symlinks.

Recommendations For macOS versions prior to 13.7, update to macOS Ventura 13.7 to resolve the issue. For macOS Sonoma versions prior to 14.7, update to macOS Sonoma 14.7 to resolve the issue. For macOS Sequoia versions prior to 15, update to macOS Sequoia 15 to resolve the issue.

Fix

Memory Corruption

Link Following

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-787

CWE-59

Related Identifiers

CVE-2024-44178

Affected Products

Apple Macos

References · 14

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-44178 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-44178 · Vendor Advisory
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/121238 · Vendor Advisory
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/121247 · Vendor Advisory
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/121234 · Vendor Advisory
• https://t.me/cvenotify/95819 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/cvenotify/114917 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/cvedetector/5783 · Telegram Post
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1835825794113061061 · Twitter Post
• https://twitter.com/VulmonFeeds/status/1835949406891171956 · Twitter Post
• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Sep/40 · Note
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2024-44178 · Note
• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Sep/41 · Note
• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Sep/33 · Note