01 Record
CVE-2024-27888
A permissions issue was addressed by removing vulnerable code and adding additional checks. This issue is fixed in macOS Sonoma 14.4. An app may be able to modify protected parts of the file system.
HighPUBLISHEDCNA: apple
CNA base score7.1 CVSS v3.xCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
02 Description
A permissions issue was addressed by removing vulnerable code and adding additional checks. This issue is fixed in macOS Sonoma 14.4. An app may be able to modify protected parts of the file system.
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 ImpacttotalSuccessful exploitation gives total control of the vulnerable component.
- EPSS probability
- 0.17% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 7.1% 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:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/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 22:17Z2 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2026-04-02 18:27Z6 MO AGO
- Reserved
- 2024-02-26
- Assigning CNA
- apple
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- High (CVSS 7.1)
- CNA CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.2
- Document digest
- 7dcb92216926c6cfeab3abb147b1f816d5523a13db1c50ea7a14d456d7ab3abe
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- support.apple.comhttps://support.apple.com/en-us/120895
- support.apple.comhttps://support.apple.com/en-us/HT214084
- support.apple.comhttps://support.apple.com/kb/HT214084