01 Record
CVE-2024-40825
The issue was addressed with improved checks. This issue is fixed in macOS Sequoia 15, visionOS 2. A malicious app with root privileges may be able to modify the contents of system files.
MediumPUBLISHEDCNA: apple
CNA base score6.0 CVSS v3.xCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
02 Description
The issue was addressed with improved checks. This issue is fixed in macOS Sequoia 15, visionOS 2. A malicious app with root privileges may be able to modify the contents of system files.
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
- 0.22% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 12.5% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 4.4 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/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
- 2024-09-16 23:23Z2 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2026-04-02 18:26Z7 MO AGO
- Reserved
- 2024-07-10
- Assigning CNA
- apple
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Medium (CVSS 6.0)
- CNA CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-284Improper Access ControlPillar
- Data version
- 5.2
- Document digest
- 24571d210e89f79e77679b282a4a77f2a054bdd1a70d5f4f6d50febe89951a02
05 Affected products
06 References
- support.apple.comhttps://support.apple.com/en-us/121238
- support.apple.comhttps://support.apple.com/en-us/121249
- seclists.orghttp://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Sep/36
- seclists.orghttp://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Sep/33