Apple macOS up to 13.6/14.6 Protocol information disclosure

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Apple macOS up to 13.6/14.6. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component Protocol Handler. Performing a manipulation results in information disclosure. This vulnerability is cataloged as CVE-2024-40864. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. There is no exploit available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Apple macOS up to 13.6/14.6. This affects some unknown processing of the component Protocol Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

The issue was addressed with improved handling of protocols. This issue is fixed in macOS Ventura 13.7.5, macOS Sonoma 14.7.5. An attacker in a privileged network position can track a user's activity.

It is possible to read the advisory at support.apple.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2024-40864 since 07/10/2024. The exploitability is told to be difficult. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. 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.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 233570 (macOS 14.x < 14.7.5 Multiple Vulnerabilities (122374)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading to version 13.7 or 14.7 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (233570). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 3.7
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 3.6

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VulDB Temp Score: 3.6
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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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Nessus ID: 233570
Nessus Name: macOS 14.x < 14.7.5 Multiple Vulnerabilities (122374)

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: macOS 13.7/14.7

Timelineinfo

07/10/2024 🔍
04/01/2025 +265 days 🔍
04/01/2025 +0 days 🔍
04/05/2025 +4 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: support.apple.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2024-40864 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2024-40864
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-302259
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20180712

Entryinfo

Created: 04/01/2025 04:32
Updated: 04/05/2025 07:54
Changes: 04/01/2025 04:32 (57), 04/03/2025 11:22 (2), 04/05/2025 07:54 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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