CVE-2024-23285 — Link Following in Apple Macos

CWE-59 — Link FollowingCWE-61 — UNIX Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following3 documents3 sources
Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.0%
top 86.47%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
Apple MacosApple Macos Sonoma
Timeline
PublishedMar 8

Description

This issue was addressed with improved handling of symlinks. This issue is fixed in macOS Sonoma 14.4. An app may be able to create symlinks to protected regions of the disk.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:NExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages3 packages

▶Appleapple/macos_sonoma14.4
▶CVEListV5apple/macos< 14.4
▶NVDapple/macos14.0 — 14.4

🔴Vulnerability Details

1
GHSA
GHSA-c9g9-8p38-4p39: This issue was addressed with improved handling of symlinks↗2024-03-08
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📋Vendor Advisories

1
Apple
CVE-2024-23285: macOS Sonoma 14.4↗2024-03-07
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