PT-2024-31091 · Apple · Apple Macos

Mickey Jin · Published 2024-10-28 · Updated 2024-10-30 · CVE-2024-44264

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.5

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions macOS versions prior to 13.7.1 macOS versions prior to 14.7.1

Description A malicious app may be able to create symlinks to protected regions of the disk due to insufficient validation of symlinks.

Recommendations For macOS versions prior to 13.7.1, update to macOS Ventura 13.7.1. For macOS versions prior to 14.7.1, update to macOS Sonoma 14.7.1.

Fix

Link Following

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-59

Related Identifiers

CVE-2024-44264

Affected Products

Apple Macos

References · 9

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-44264 · Security Note
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/121568 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-44264 · Vendor Advisory
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/121570 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2024-44264 · Note
• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Oct/12 · Note
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/121564 · Note
• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Oct/11 · Note
• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Oct/13 · Note