01 Record
CVE-2024-27872
This issue was addressed with improved validation of symlinks. This issue is fixed in macOS Sonoma 14.6. An app may be able to access protected user data.
MediumPUBLISHEDCNA: apple
CNA base score5.5 CVSS v3.xCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
02 Description
This issue was addressed with improved validation of symlinks. This issue is fixed in macOS Sonoma 14.6. An app may be able to access protected user data.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Assessed, none found. CISA's assessment recorded neither public exploit code nor evidence of exploitation when it was made.
- SSVC decision
- ExploitationnoneCISA recorded no public exploit code and no evidence of exploitation.
- AutomatablenoAt least one step from reconnaissance to exploitation cannot be reliably automated.
- Technical ImpactpartialSuccessful exploitation gives limited control of the vulnerable component.
- EPSS probability
- 0.25% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 16.3% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 5.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2024-07-29 22:16Z2 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2026-04-02 18:08Z6 MO AGO
- Reserved
- 2024-02-26
- Assigning CNA
- apple
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Medium (CVSS 5.5)
- CNA CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-61UNIX Symbolic Link (Symlink) FollowingCompound
- Data version
- 5.2
- Document digest
- 2674024f25c151ed8de00ab8aac079e862989dd6f18bcc0fb56a17efdcda87a2
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- support.apple.comhttps://support.apple.com/en-us/120911
- support.apple.comhttps://support.apple.com/en-us/HT214119
- seclists.orghttp://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Jul/18
- support.apple.comhttps://support.apple.com/kb/HT214119