Apple macOS up to 12.7.5/13.6.7/14.5 Third Party App Extension sandbox

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Apple macOS up to 12.7.5/13.6.7/14.5. It has been classified as critical. Affected is an unknown function of the component Third Party App Extension. This manipulation causes sandbox. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2024-40821. The attack can only be executed locally. There is no exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Apple macOS up to 12.7.5/13.6.7/14.5 and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code block of the component Third Party App Extension. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a sandbox vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-265. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

An access issue was addressed with additional sandbox restrictions. This issue is fixed in macOS Monterey 12.7.6, macOS Sonoma 14.6, macOS Ventura 13.6.8. Third party app extensions may not receive the correct sandbox restrictions.

It is possible to read the advisory at support.apple.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2024-40821 since 07/10/2024. The exploitation appears to be easy. Attacking locally is a requirement. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1611 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.2

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Sandbox
CWE: CWE-265 / CWE-264
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: Partially

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Status: Not defined

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Timelineinfo

07/10/2024 🔍
07/30/2024 +20 days 🔍
07/30/2024 +0 days 🔍
04/04/2026 +613 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: support.apple.com
Status: Confirmed

CNA: apple
CVE: CVE-2024-40821 (🔍)

GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2024-40821
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-273019
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20180712

Entryinfo

Created: 07/30/2024 10:27
Updated: 04/04/2026 17:17
Changes: 07/30/2024 10:27 (56), 12/10/2024 17:54 (22), 04/04/2026 17:17 (12)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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