Apple macOS Environment Variable information disclosure

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Summary
A vulnerability described as problematic has been identified in Apple macOS. The impacted element is an unknown function of the component Environment Variable Handler. The manipulation results in information disclosure. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2024-27805. The attack is only possible with local access. There is not any exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.
Details
A vulnerability was found in Apple macOS (unknown version). It has been classified as problematic. Affected is an unknown code block of the component Environment Variable Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality. CVE summarizes:
An issue was addressed with improved validation of environment variables. 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, tvOS 17.5, watchOS 10.5. An app may be able to access sensitive user data.
The advisory is available at support.apple.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2024-27805 since 02/26/2024. The exploitability is told to be easy. Local access is required to approach this attack. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1592 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.
Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.
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Product
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Vendor
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Website
- Vendor: https://www.apple.com/
CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
CVSSv4
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VulDB Meta Base Score: 4.8VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.7
VulDB Base Score: 3.3
VulDB Temp Score: 3.2
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NVD Base Score: 5.5
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ADP CISA Base Score: 5.5
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Exploiting
Class: Information disclosureCWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: Partially
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Status: Not defined
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Threat Intelligence
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Countermeasures
Recommended: UpgradeStatus: 🔍
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Timeline
02/26/2024 🔍06/11/2024 🔍
06/11/2024 🔍
04/03/2026 🔍
Sources
Vendor: apple.comAdvisory: support.apple.com
Status: Confirmed
CVE: CVE-2024-27805 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2024-27805
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-267846
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20180712
Entry
Created: 06/11/2024 07:39Updated: 04/03/2026 20:26
Changes: 06/11/2024 07:39 (54), 03/26/2025 02:34 (13), 04/03/2026 20:26 (12)
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Cache ID: 216::103
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