A permissions issue was addressed with additional restrictions.

published 2024-09-16 2 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2024-40903

cvss: 6.5; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.5%; EPSS 0.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 42%
public exploits: 0; none known

A permissions issue was addressed with additional restrictions. This issue is fixed in macOS Sequoia 15, macOS Sonoma 14.7, macOS Ventura 13.7. An app may be able to modify protected parts of the file system.

Patch / fix

fixed in 1

Apple macOS 13.7, 14.7, 15

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical impact: partial
Assessed: 2 y ago (2024-09-17)

Exploit prediction

0.49% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 42% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CISA ADP	3.1	6.5	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
NVD	3.1	5.5	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
CNA	3.1	6.5	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Affected products

Apple macOS

Classification

Weakness

CWE-276 Incorrect Default Permissions

References

support.apple.com /en-us/121234
release-notes
support.apple.com /en-us/121238
release-notes
support.apple.com /en-us/121247
release-notes
seclists.org /fulldisclosure/2024/Sep/40
seclists.org /fulldisclosure/2024/Sep/33
seclists.org /fulldisclosure/2024/Sep/41

Sources

CVE List CVE-2024-44151
NVD CVE-2024-44151

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Summary