Apple macOS up to 13.6/14.6 information disclosure

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as problematic has been reported in Apple macOS up to 13.6/14.6. The impacted element is an unknown function. This manipulation causes information disclosure. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2024-40848. There is no available exploit. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Apple macOS up to 13.6/14.6. It has been declared as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

A downgrade issue was addressed with additional code-signing restrictions. This issue is fixed in macOS Sequoia 15, macOS Sonoma 14.7, macOS Ventura 13.7. An attacker may be able to read sensitive information.

It is possible to read the advisory at support.apple.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2024-40848 since 07/10/2024. The exploitation appears to be easy. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1592 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

Upgrading to version 13.7, 14.7 or 15 eliminates this vulnerability.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.2
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.1

VulDB Base Score: 3.5
VulDB Temp Score: 3.4
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Information disclosure
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: macOS 13.7/14.7/15

Timelineinfo

07/10/2024 🔍
09/17/2024 +69 days 🔍
09/17/2024 +0 days 🔍
04/04/2026 +564 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: support.apple.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2024-40848 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2024-40848
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-277603
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20180712

Entryinfo

Created: 09/17/2024 07:13
Updated: 04/04/2026 21:21
Changes: 09/17/2024 07:13 (56), 09/21/2024 01:16 (1), 09/24/2024 20:34 (11), 04/04/2026 21:21 (12)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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