Apple macOS up to 14.3 symlink

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability described as critical has been identified in Apple macOS up to 14.3. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality. Such manipulation leads to symlink. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2024-23285. The attack must be carried out locally. There is no available exploit. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Apple macOS up to 14.3 (Operating System). Affected by this issue is an unknown code block. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a symlink vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-61. The product, when opening a file or directory, does not sufficiently account for when the file is a symbolic link that resolves to a target outside of the intended control sphere. This could allow an attacker to cause the product to operate on unauthorized files. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

This issue was addressed with improved handling of symlinks. This issue is fixed in macOS Sonoma 14.4. An app may be able to create symlinks to protected regions of the disk.

The weakness was presented 03/08/2024 as HT214084. The advisory is shared for download at support.apple.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2024-23285 since 01/12/2024. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

Upgrading to version 14.4 eliminates this vulnerability.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.6
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Symlink
CWE: CWE-61 / CWE-59
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: Partially

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: macOS 14.4

Timelineinfo

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

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: HT214084
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2024-23285 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2024-23285
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-256268
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20180712

Entryinfo

Created: 03/08/2024 07:30
Updated: 04/03/2026 11:25
Changes: 03/08/2024 07:30 (42), 08/28/2024 00:05 (27), 12/07/2024 05:43 (11), 04/03/2026 11:25 (11)
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Cache ID: 216:D90:103

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