Apple watchOS App Management permission

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Apple watchOS and classified as critical. The impacted element is an unknown function of the component App Management. The manipulation leads to permission. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2024-54560. The attack needs to be performed locally. There is not any exploit available. The affected component should be upgraded.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Apple watchOS (the affected version unknown). It has been rated as critical. This issue affects an unknown part of the component App Management. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a permission vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-275. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

A logic issue was addressed with improved checks. This issue is fixed in iOS 18 and iPadOS 18, watchOS 11, tvOS 18, macOS Sequoia 15. A malicious app may be able to modify other apps without having App Management permission.

The advisory is shared at support.apple.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2024-54560 since 12/03/2024. The exploitation is known to be easy. An attack has to be approached locally. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1222 for this issue.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.4
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.3

VulDB Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Temp Score: 5.1
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Permission
CWE: CWE-275 / CWE-266
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: Partially

Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Timelineinfo

12/03/2024 🔍
03/10/2025 +97 days 🔍
03/10/2025 +0 days 🔍
03/14/2025 +4 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: support.apple.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2024-54560 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2024-54560
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-299141

Entryinfo

Created: 03/10/2025 23:39
Updated: 03/14/2025 14:43
Changes: 03/10/2025 23:39 (54), 03/14/2025 14:43 (12)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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