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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2024-40825

A malicious app with root privileges may be able to modify the contents of system files.

MEDIUM 4.4EPSS 0.22%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.22%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

Description

The issue was addressed with improved checks. This issue is fixed in macOS Sequoia 15, visionOS 2. A malicious app with root privileges may be able to modify the contents of system files.

CVSS 3.1
4.4 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
EPSS
0.22% probability · 13th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-284
Affected
apple/macos · apple/visionos
Source
product-security@apple.com

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.