Apple macOS up to 14.4 Local Privilege Escalation

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Apple macOS up to 14.4. Affected is an unknown function. Such manipulation leads to Local Privilege Escalation. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2024-27843. The attack must be carried out locally. There is no available exploit. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Apple macOS up to 14.4. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a local privilege escalation vulnerability. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

A logic issue was addressed with improved checks. This issue is fixed in macOS Monterey 12.7.5, macOS Sonoma 14.5, macOS Ventura 13.6.7. An app may be able to elevate privileges.

The advisory is available at support.apple.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2024-27843 since 02/26/2024. The exploitation is known to be easy. Local access is required to approach this attack. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 214268 (macOS 12.x < 12.7.5 Multiple Vulnerabilities (120899)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading to version 14.5 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (214268). If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.2
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.1

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Exploitinginfo

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

Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 214268
Nessus Name: macOS 12.x < 12.7.5 Multiple Vulnerabilities (120899)

Threat Intelligenceinfo

Interest: 🔍
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: macOS 14.5

Timelineinfo

02/26/2024 🔍
05/14/2024 +77 days 🔍
05/14/2024 +0 days 🔍
04/03/2026 +689 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: HT214106
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2024-27843 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2024-27843
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-264098
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20180712

Entryinfo

Created: 05/14/2024 04:36
Updated: 04/03/2026 19:19
Changes: 05/14/2024 04:36 (54), 06/12/2024 05:13 (1), 12/10/2024 05:29 (20), 01/16/2025 18:49 (2), 04/03/2026 19:19 (12)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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