VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2024-27848
A malicious app may be able to gain root privileges.
HIGH 7.8EPSS 0.20%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.20%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
This issue was addressed with improved permissions checking. This issue is fixed in iOS 17.5 and iPadOS 17.5, macOS Sonoma 14.5. A malicious app may be able to gain root privileges.
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.20% probability · 10th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-863, CWE-277
- Affected
- apple/ipados · apple/iphone os · apple/macos
- Source
- product-security@apple.com
References
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/120903
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/120905
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT214101Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT214106Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT214101Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT214106Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.