PT-2025-3041 · Apple · Apple Macos

Eisw0Lf · Published 2024-12-11 · Updated 2025-01-28 · CVE-2024-54520

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.5

Medium

Base vector

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

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

Description A path handling issue was addressed with improved validation, which may allow an application to overwrite arbitrary files. The issue is related to a buffer overflow in memory, potentially enabling an attacker to overwrite files.

Recommendations For macOS versions prior to 13.7.2, update to macOS Ventura 13.7.2 or later. For macOS Sonoma versions prior to 14.7.2, update to macOS Sonoma 14.7.2 or later. For macOS Sequoia versions prior to 15.2, update to macOS Sequoia 15.2 or later.

Fix

Path traversal

Memory Corruption

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-22

CWE-787

Related Identifiers

BDU:2025-01498

CVE-2024-54520

Affected Products

Apple Macos

References · 8

• https://support.apple.com/en-us/121840 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-54520 · Security Note
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/121839 · Vendor Advisory
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/121842 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-54520 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2025-01498 · Security Note
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1884183344344359122 · Twitter Post
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2024-54520 · Note