Apple macOS Local Privilege Escalation

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Apple macOS and classified as critical. Impacted is an unknown function. The manipulation leads to Local Privilege Escalation. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2024-27796. The attack needs to be performed locally. There is not any exploit available. The affected component should be upgraded.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Apple macOS (the affected version unknown). This issue affects an unknown part. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a local privilege escalation vulnerability. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

The issue was addressed with improved checks. This issue is fixed in iOS 16.7.8 and iPadOS 16.7.8, iOS 17.5 and iPadOS 17.5, macOS Monterey 12.7.5, macOS Sonoma 14.5, macOS Ventura 13.6.7. An attacker may be able to elevate privileges.

It is possible to read the advisory at support.apple.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2024-27796 since 02/26/2024. The exploitation is known to be easy. Attacking locally is a requirement. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 214269 (macOS 13.x < 13.6.7 Multiple Vulnerabilities (120900)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (214269). Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.3

VulDB Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Temp Score: 5.1
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Local Privilege Escalation
CWE: Unknown
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: Partially

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Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 214269
Nessus Name: macOS 13.x < 13.6.7 Multiple Vulnerabilities (120900)

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Timelineinfo

02/26/2024 🔍
05/14/2024 +77 days 🔍
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04/03/2026 +689 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: support.apple.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2024-27796 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2024-27796
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-264071
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20180712

Entryinfo

Created: 05/14/2024 04:27
Updated: 04/03/2026 16:24
Changes: 05/14/2024 04:27 (52), 06/12/2024 05:13 (1), 12/10/2024 03:41 (20), 01/16/2025 18:49 (2), 04/03/2026 16:24 (12)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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