CVE-2024-44151: Medium severity Apple macOS vulnerability
Published Sep 16, 2024
·Updated
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.
Other sources
Accounts. A permissions issue was addressed with additional restrictions.
— Apple
Accounts. The issue was addressed with improved checks.
— Apple
Accounts. The issue was addressed with improved permissions logic.
— Apple
Airport. A permissions issue was addressed with additional restrictions.
— Apple
APFS. The issue was addressed with improved checks.
— Apple
Credit
Mickey Jin@@patch1t, Claudio Bozzato(Cisco Talos), Francesco Benvenuto(Cisco Talos), Anton Boegler, Snoolie Keffaber@@0xilis, an anonymous researcher, Csaba Fitzl@@theevilbit(Kandji), Denis Tokarev@@illusionofcha0s, dw0r(ZeroPointer Lab working with Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative), Michael DePlante@@izobashi(Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative), Antonio Zekić, Andrew Lytvynov, Rodolphe BRUNETTI@@eisw0lf, Kirin@@Pwnrin(Fudan University), LFY@@secsys(Fudan University), Olivier Levon, ajajfxhj, Rifa'i Rejal Maynando, Zhongquan Li@@Guluisacat, Kirin@@Pwnrin, Kirin@@Pwnrin(NorthSea), luckyu@@uuulucky(NorthSea), Bohdan Stasiuk@@Bohdan_Stasiuk, Stephan Casas, CVE-2024-44129, Pwn2car(Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative), Holger Fuhrmannek, Junsung Lee, Pedro José Pereira Vieito@@pvieito, Arsenii Kostromin (0x3c3e), Yiğit Can YILMAZ@@yilmazcanyigit, Pedro Tôrres@@t0rr3sp3dr0, CVE-2024-44130, Halle Winkler, Politepix@@hallewinkler, Rodolphe Brunetti@@eisw0lf, CVE-2023-4504, @@08Tc3wBB(Jamf), Alexander Heinrich, SEEMOO, DistriNet, KU Leuven@@vanhoefm, TU Darmstadt@@Sn0wfreeze, Mathy Vanhoef, Jeff Johnson (underpassapp.com), OSS-Fuzz(Google Project Zero), Ned Williamson(Google Project Zero), CVE-2023-5841, Meng Zhang (鲸落)(NorthSea), Brian McNulty(Computer Science), Cristian Dinca(Computer Science), Romania, Vaibhav Prajapati, CVE-2024-39894, Wojciech Regula(SecuRing), Narendra Bhati(Cyber Security at Suma Soft Pvt), Manager(Cyber Security at Suma Soft Pvt), Pune (India), Yiğit Can YILMAZ@@yilmazcanyigit(SecuRing), 냥냥, Vivek Dhar, working as Assistant Sub-Inspector (RM) in Border Security Force (Frontier Headquarter BSF Kashmir), Om Kothawade(the UNTHSC College of Pharmacy), Omar A. Alanis(the UNTHSC College of Pharmacy), Bistrit Dahal, Matej Moravec@@MacejkoMoravec, K宝, LFY@@secsys, Smi1e, yulige, Cristian Dinca (icmd.tech), Ron Masas(BreakPoint), Jonathan Bar Or@@yo_yo_yo_jbo(Microsoft), CVE-2024-41957, Narendra Bhati(Cyber Security At Suma Soft Pvt), Manager(Cyber Security At Suma Soft Pvt), Tashita Software Security, Ron Masas, Hafiizh(HakTrak), YoKo Kho@@yokoacc(HakTrak), Tim Michaud@@TimGMichaud(Moveworks), Antonio Zekic@@antoniozekic, ant4g0nist, Charly Suchanek, CVE-2024-44134, Preet Dsouza (Fleming College, Computer Security & Investigations Program), Domien Schepers, Tim Clem, Gergely Kalman@@gergely_kalman, Koh M. Nakagawa@@tsunek0h
Affected Software
5 affected componentsFixes available
Apple macOS<14.7
14.7
macOS<15
15
macOS<13.7
macOS>=14.0<14.7
macOS Ventura<13.7
13.7
Event History
Sep 16, 2024
Data Sourced
via Apple·12:00 AM
DescriptionWeaknessAffected Software
Updated
via Apple·12:00 AM
DescriptionWeakness
CVE Published
via MITRE·11:22 PM
Data Sourced
via MITRE·11:22 PM
DescriptionWeakness
Sep 17, 2024
Data Sourced
via NVD·12:15 AM
DescriptionSeverityWeaknessAffected Software
Parent advisories
This vulnerability appears in the following advisories.
Peer vulnerabilities
Found alongside the following vulnerabilities.
- CVE-2024-44153
- CVE-2024-44182
- CVE-2024-40846
- CVE-2024-40845
- CVE-2024-44154
- CVE-2024-40847
- CVE-2024-44164
- CVE-2024-44168
- CVE-2024-40848
- CVE-2024-40841
- CVE-2024-44135
- CVE-2024-44126
- CVE-2024-44128
- CVE-2024-44151
- CVE-2024-27876
- CVE-2024-44177
- CVE-2024-54469
- CVE-2024-40850
- CVE-2024-27880
- CVE-2024-44176
- CVE-2024-44160
- CVE-2024-44161
- CVE-2024-44169
- CVE-2024-44165
- CVE-2024-40791
- CVE-2024-44181
- CVE-2024-44183
- CVE-2024-44167
- CVE-2024-44178
- CVE-2024-40797
- CVE-2024-44163
- CVE-2024-44125
- CVE-2024-40801
- CVE-2024-44158
- CVE-2024-40844
- CVE-2024-40860
- CVE-2024-44166
- CVE-2024-44190
- CVE-2024-44184
- CVE-2024-44129
- CVE-2024-27886
- CVE-2024-40814
- CVE-2024-44188
- CVE-2024-40792
- CVE-2024-40825
- CVE-2024-44130
- CVE-2024-40837
- CVE-2024-27860
- CVE-2024-27861
- CVE-2024-27795
- CVE-2024-44132
- CVE-2024-44172
- CVE-2024-27869
- CVE-2024-27875
- CVE-2024-44146
- CVE-2024-27849
- CVE-2023-4504
- CVE-2024-40855
- CVE-2024-44148
- CVE-2024-44131
- CVE-2024-54463
- CVE-2024-40831
- CVE-2024-40861
- CVE-2024-44175
- CVE-2024-44191
- CVE-2024-54560
- CVE-2024-44122
- CVE-2024-44198
- CVE-2024-54473
- CVE-2023-5841
- CVE-2024-27858
- CVE-2024-40838
- CVE-2024-44186
- CVE-2024-39894
- CVE-2024-40826
- CVE-2024-44149
- CVE-2024-44155
- CVE-2024-44203
- CVE-2024-44144
- CVE-2024-44137
- CVE-2024-44174
- CVE-2024-44123
- CVE-2024-44145
- CVE-2024-44179
- CVE-2024-44170
- CVE-2024-44152
- CVE-2024-54558
- CVE-2024-44133
- CVE-2024-40859
- CVE-2024-41957
- CVE-2024-54467
- CVE-2024-44192
- CVE-2024-40857
- CVE-2024-40866
- CVE-2024-44187
- CVE-2024-44227
- CVE-2024-54546
- CVE-2024-40770
- CVE-2024-23237
- CVE-2024-44134
- CVE-2024-40856
- CVE-2024-44189
- CVE-2024-44208
- CVE-2024-40842
- CVE-2024-40843
Frequently Asked Questions
1
What is the severity of CVE-2024-44151?
CVE-2024-44151 is classified as a permissions issue with a potential impact on the file system.
2
How do I fix CVE-2024-44151?
To resolve CVE-2024-44151, update your macOS to Ventura 13.7, Sonoma 14.7, or Sequoia 15.
3
What versions of macOS are affected by CVE-2024-44151?
CVE-2024-44151 affects macOS versions prior to 13.7, between 14.0 and 14.7, and those below 15.
4
What does CVE-2024-44151 involve?
CVE-2024-44151 involves a permissions issue that may allow apps to modify protected areas of the file system.
5
Who is impacted by CVE-2024-44151?
Users of macOS versions prior to the patched releases are potentially impacted by CVE-2024-44151.