| CVSS Meta Temp Score | Current Exploit Price (≈) | CTI Interest Score |
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Summary
A vulnerability has been found in Apple macOS and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component Private Browsing Tab Handler. Performing a manipulation results in improper authentication. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2024-40794. No exploit exists. The affected component should be upgraded.
Details
A vulnerability was found in Apple macOS (the affected version unknown). It has been classified as critical. This affects an unknown part of the component Private Browsing Tab Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a improper authentication vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-287. When an actor claims to have a given identity, the product does not prove or insufficiently proves that the claim is correct. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:
This issue was addressed through improved state management. This issue is fixed in Safari 17.6, iOS 17.6 and iPadOS 17.6, macOS Sonoma 14.6. Private Browsing tabs may be accessed without authentication.
The advisory is shared at support.apple.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2024-40794 since 07/10/2024. The exploitability is told to be easy. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.
The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 212176 (Apple Safari 17.6 Multiple Vulnerabilities (120913)), 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 (212176). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.
Product
Type
Vendor
Name
License
Website
- Vendor: https://www.apple.com/
CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
CVSSv4
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CVSSv3
VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.4VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.3
VulDB Base Score: 5.5
VulDB Temp Score: 5.3
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VulDB Reliability: 🔍
NVD Base Score: 5.3
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ADP CISA Base Score: 5.3
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CVSSv2
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Exploiting
Class: Improper authenticationCWE: CWE-287
CAPEC: 🔍
ATT&CK: 🔍
Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes
Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined
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Nessus ID: 212176
Nessus Name: Apple Safari 17.6 Multiple Vulnerabilities (120913)
Threat Intelligence
Interest: 🔍Active Actors: 🔍
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Countermeasures
Recommended: UpgradeStatus: 🔍
0-Day Time: 🔍
Timeline
07/10/2024 🔍07/30/2024 🔍
07/30/2024 🔍
04/04/2026 🔍
Sources
Vendor: apple.comAdvisory: support.apple.com
Status: Confirmed
CVE: CVE-2024-40794 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2024-40794
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-272877
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20180712
Entry
Created: 07/30/2024 08:40Updated: 04/04/2026 12:51
Changes: 07/30/2024 08:40 (55), 07/31/2024 14:56 (1), 08/23/2024 21:26 (11), 12/09/2024 17:20 (2), 04/04/2026 12:51 (10)
Complete: 🔍
Cache ID: 216:924:103
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