Apple macOS up to 12.6/13.5/14.3 path traversal

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Apple macOS up to 12.6/13.5/14.3. It has been rated as critical. The impacted element is an unknown function. The manipulation leads to path traversal. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2024-23216. An attack has to be approached locally. There is no exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Apple macOS up to 12.6/13.5/14.3 (Operating System) and classified as critical. This issue affects an unknown function. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a path traversal vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-22. The product uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the product does not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname that can cause the pathname to resolve to a location that is outside of the restricted directory. Impacted is integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

A path handling issue was addressed with improved validation. This issue is fixed in macOS Monterey 12.7.4, macOS Sonoma 14.4, macOS Ventura 13.6.5. An app may be able to overwrite arbitrary files.

The weakness was shared 03/08/2024. The advisory is shared at support.apple.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2024-23216 since 01/12/2024. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1006 for this issue.

Upgrading to version 12.7, 13.6 or 14.4 eliminates this vulnerability.

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Class: Path traversal
CWE: CWE-22
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: Partially

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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: macOS 12.7/13.6/14.4

Timelineinfo

01/12/2024 🔍
03/08/2024 +56 days 🔍
03/08/2024 +0 days 🔍
04/03/2026 +756 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: support.apple.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2024-23216 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2024-23216
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-256109
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20180712

Entryinfo

Created: 03/08/2024 06:53
Updated: 04/03/2026 02:03
Changes: 03/08/2024 06:53 (41), 08/28/2024 21:24 (27), 12/05/2024 21:13 (11), 04/03/2026 02:03 (12)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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