CVE-2024-23285

low-risk

Published 2024-03-08

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.

Do I need to act?

0.04% chance of exploitation

EPSS score — low exploit probability

Not on CISA KEV list

No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA

Patch status unknown

Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance

CVSS 5.5/10 Medium

LOCAL / LOW complexity

Affected Products (1)

Macos

Affected Vendors

Apple

References (4)

https://support.apple.com/en-us/120895

Mailing List http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Mar/21

Vendor Advisory https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT214084

https://support.apple.com/kb/HT214084

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low-risk

Severity 18/34 · Moderate

Exploitability 0/34 · Minimal

Exposure 5/34 · Minimal