This issue was addressed with improved handling of symlinks.

published 2024-03-08 2 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2024-20804

cvss: 7.8; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.2%; EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 16%
public exploits: 0; none known

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.

Patch / fix

fixed in 1

Apple macOS 14.4

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical impact: total
Assessed: 2 y ago (2024-08-27)

Exploit prediction

0.25% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 16% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CISA ADP	3.1	7.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD	3.1	5.5	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
CNA	3.1	7.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

Apple macOS

Classification

Weakness

CWE-61 UNIX Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following
CWE-59 Improper Link Resolution Before File Access

References

support.apple.com /en-us/HT214084
vendor-advisory
support.apple.com /en-us/120895
seclists.org /fulldisclosure/2024/Mar/21
mailing-list
support.apple.com /kb/HT214084

Sources

CVE List CVE-2024-23285
NVD CVE-2024-23285

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Summary