CVE-2024-40860

5.5 mediumEPSS 0.2%

Medium (5.5) in apple macos. EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

A logic issue was addressed with improved checks. This issue is fixed in macOS Sequoia 15, macOS Sonoma 14.7. An app may be able to modify protected parts of the file system.

Severity

CVSS 3.1

5.5 medium

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

EPSS: 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 14% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
Published: 2024-09-17
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

apple:macos

References

https://support.apple.com/en-us/121238
https://support.apple.com/en-us/121247
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Sep/33
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Sep/40

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