PT-2024-31114 · Apple · Apple Macos

Arsenii Kostromin · Published 2024-12-11 · Updated 2024-12-16 · CVE-2024-44291

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.8

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions macOS versions prior to 13.7.2 macOS versions prior to 14.7.2 macOS versions prior to 15.2

Description A logic issue was addressed with improved file handling. This issue could allow a malicious app to gain root privileges.

Recommendations For macOS versions prior to 13.7.2, update to macOS Ventura 13.7.2 to resolve the issue. For macOS versions prior to 14.7.2, update to macOS Sonoma 14.7.2 to resolve the issue. For macOS versions prior to 15.2, update to macOS Sequoia 15.2 to resolve the issue.

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2024-44291

Affected Products

Apple Macos

References · 11

• https://support.apple.com/en-us/121839 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-44291 · Vendor Advisory
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/121842 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-44291 · Security Note
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/121840 · Vendor Advisory
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1867286574293201311 · Twitter Post
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2024-44291 · Note
• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Dec/9 · Note
• https://reddit.com/r/k12cybersecurity/comments/1hcx6t8/msisac_cybersecurity_advisory_multiple · Reddit Post
• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Dec/8 · Note
• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Dec/7 · Note