CVE-2024-27872

5.5 mediumEPSS 0.3%

Medium (5.5) in apple macos. EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

This issue was addressed with improved validation of symlinks. This issue is fixed in macOS Sonoma 14.6. An app may be able to access protected user data.

Severity

CVSS 3.1

5.5 medium

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

EPSS: 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 16% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-61
Published: 2024-07-29
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

apple:macos

References

https://support.apple.com/en-us/120911
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Jul/18
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT214119
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT214119

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