Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in macOS - CVE-2024-40825
Published: September 17, 2024
Vulnerability identifier: #VU97370
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 4.6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2024-40825
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a local application to escalate privileges on the system.
The vulnerability exists improperly imposed security restrictions in APFS. A local application with root privileges can modify the contents of system files.
Affected software
macOS
visionOS
visionOS
How to mitigate CVE-2024-40825
Install updates from vendor's website.
macOS - update to 15.0 24A335
visionOS - update to 2.0
visionOS - update to 2.0