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CVE-2024-27883

Description

CVE-2024-27883 is a permissions issue within Apple's PackageKit framework that could allow an application to modify protected parts of the file system.

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Impact

Exploitation of this vulnerability could lead to unauthorized modification of protected file system areas by an application. The severity of this issue has been assessed as follows:

NIST assessment

CVSS v3.1 Base Score: 4.4 (Medium)

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

CISA-ADP assessment

CVSS v3.1 Base Score: 4.4 (Medium)

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

Has been exploited in the wild

No

Operating systems impacted

  • macOS Sonoma (prior to 14.6)
  • macOS Ventura (prior to 13.6.8)
  • macOS Monterey (prior to 12.7.6)

Apps impacted

No apps impacted

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