Threat Research Knowledge Base Vulnerabilities CVE-2024-54477
CVE-2024-54477
Description
CVE-2024-54477 allows an application to access sensitive user data. Apple mitigated the vulnerability through stricter checks in recent updates. Reported by Mickey Jin (@patch1t) and Csaba Fitzl (@theevilbit) of Kandji.
Impact
Grants unauthorized access to sensitive user information. The severity of this issue has been assessed as follows:
NIST assessment
CVSS v3.1 Base Score: 5.5 (Medium)
AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CISA-ADP assessment
CVSS v3.1 Base Score: 5.5 (Medium)
AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Has been exploited in the wild
No
Operating systems impacted
- macOS Ventura (prior to 13.7.2)
- macOS Sonoma (prior to 14.7.2)
- macOS Sequoia (prior to 15.2)
Additional resources
Apps impacted
No apps impacted
Related
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:
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:
Exploitation of this vulnerability could allow attackers to execute arbitrary code on the affected devices, leading to potential data breaches, unauthorized access, or further compromise of the system. Apple has acknowledged reports that this issue may have been exploited in extremely sophisticated attacks against specific targeted individuals on versions of iOS before iOS 17.2. The severity of this issue has been assessed as follows:
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