Apple macOS up to 14.7 privileges management

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Apple macOS. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality. The manipulation results in Local Privilege Escalation. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2024-40861. The attack requires a local approach. No exploit exists. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Apple macOS. Affected is an unknown function. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a local privilege escalation vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-269. The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

The issue was addressed with improved checks. This issue is fixed in macOS Sequoia 15. An app may be able to gain root privileges.

The advisory is available at support.apple.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2024-40861 since 07/10/2024. 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. The structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 09/18/2024). This vulnerability is assigned to T1068 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

Upgrading to version 15 eliminates this vulnerability.

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Type

• Operating System

Vendor

• Apple

Name

• macOS

Version

• 5.3
• 5.11
• 10.8.5
• 10.9.5
• 10.10
• 10.10.1
• 10.10.2
• 10.10.3
• 10.12
• 10.12.0
• 10.12.1
• 10.12.2
• 10.12.3
• 10.12.4
• 10.12.5
• 10.12.6
• 10.13
• 10.13.0
• 10.13.1
• 10.13.2
• 10.13.3
• 10.13.4
• 10.13.5
• 10.13.5 2018-003
• 10.13.6
• 10.14
• 10.14.1
• 10.14.2
• 10.14.4
• 10.14.5
• 10.14.6
• 10.15
• 10.15.0
• 10.15.1
• 10.15.2
• 10.15.3
• 10.15.4
• 10.15.5
• 10.15.6
• 10.15.7
• 11.0.1
• 11.1
• 11.2
• 11.2.1
• 11.2.3
• 11.3
• 11.3.1
• 11.4
• 11.5
• 11.6
• 11.6.6
• 11.7
• 11.7.3
• 11.7.5
• 11.7.9
• 12.0.1
• 12.1
• 12.2
• 12.2.1
• 12.3
• 12.3.1
• 12.4
• 12.5
• 12.5.1
• 12.6
• 12.6.2
• 12.6.3
• 12.6.4
• 12.6.7
• 12.6.8
• 12.7
• 12.7.1
• 12.7.5
• 12.7.6
• 13
• 13.0
• 13.1
• 13.2
• 13.2.1
• 13.3
• 13.3.1
• 13.4
• 13.4.1
• 13.5
• 13.6
• 13.6.0
• 13.6.1
• 13.6.2
• 13.6.4
• 13.6.5
• 13.6.7
• 13.6.8
• 13.7
• 14
• 14.0
• 14.1
• 14.2
• 14.3
• 14.4
• 14.5
• 14.6
• 14.7

License

• commercial

Website

• Vendor: https://www.apple.com/

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