CVE-2024-44175

5.5 mediumEPSS 0.6%

Medium (5.5) in apple macos. EPSS 0.6% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

This issue was addressed with improved validation of symlinks. This issue is fixed in macOS Sequoia 15, macOS Sonoma 14.7.1. An app may be able to access sensitive 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: 0.6% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 50% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWEs: CWE-59, CWE-922
Published: 2024-10-28
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/121570
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Oct/12

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