Apple macOS Shortcut access control

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A vulnerability has been found in Apple macOS and classified as critical. The impacted element is an unknown function of the component Shortcut Handler. Performing a manipulation results in access control. This vulnerability is cataloged as CVE-2024-27855. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. There is no exploit available. The affected component should be upgraded.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Apple macOS (the affected version unknown). This affects an unknown part of the component Shortcut Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-284. The product does not restrict or incorrectly restricts access to a resource from an unauthorized actor. This is going to have an impact on 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 Sonoma 14.5, macOS Ventura 13.6.7. A shortcut may be able to use sensitive data with certain actions without prompting the user.

It is possible to read the advisory at support.apple.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2024-27855 since 02/26/2024. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 04/04/2026). The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1068 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

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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• Operating System

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• Apple

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• macOS

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• commercial

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• Vendor: https://www.apple.com/

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