CVE-2024-44132 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

This issue was addressed with improved handling of symlinks. This issue is fixed in macOS Sequoia 15. An app may be able to break out of its sandbox.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

Vendors	Products
Apple	Macos

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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References

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

History

Tue, 04 Nov 2025 17:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
References		http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Sep/33

Sun, 13 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics	epss `{'score': 0.00055}`	epss `{'score': 0.00058}`

Thu, 12 Dec 2024 15:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Weaknesses		CWE-59

Tue, 17 Sep 2024 20:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
First Time appeared		Apple Apple macos
Weaknesses		CWE-61
CPEs		cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos::::::::
Vendors & Products		Apple Apple macos
Metrics		cvssV3_1 `{'score': 8.4, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N'}` ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Mon, 16 Sep 2024 23:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Description		This issue was addressed with improved handling of symlinks. This issue is fixed in macOS Sequoia 15. An app may be able to break out of its sandbox.
References		https://support.apple.com/en-us/121238

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: apple

Published: 2024-09-16T23:23:25.727Z

Updated: 2025-11-04T16:13:59.767Z

Reserved: 2024-08-20T21:42:05.919Z

Link: CVE-2024-44132

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-09-17T19:11:31.802Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2024-09-17T00:15:50.250

Modified: 2025-11-04T17:16:07.573

Link: CVE-2024-44132

Redhat

No data.

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