CVE-2024-40825

4.4 mediumEPSS 0.2%

Medium (4.4) in apple. EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The issue was addressed with improved checks. This issue is fixed in macOS Sequoia 15, visionOS 2. A malicious app with root privileges may be able to modify the contents of system files.

Severity

CVSS 3.1

4.4 medium

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

EPSS: 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 12% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-284
Published: 2024-09-17
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

apple:macos
apple:visionos

References

https://support.apple.com/en-us/121238
https://support.apple.com/en-us/121249
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Sep/33
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Sep/36

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