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CVE-2024-44294 (GCVE-0-2024-44294)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-10-28 21:08 – Updated: 2026-04-02 18:23
VLAI
Summary
A path deletion vulnerability was addressed by preventing vulnerable code from running with privileges. This issue is fixed in macOS Sequoia 15.1, macOS Sonoma 14.7.1, macOS Ventura 13.7.1. An attacker with root privileges may be able to delete protected system files.
Severity
6.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2024-10-29 20:30 UTC
CWE
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Apple macOS Affected: 0 , < 13.7.1 (custom)
Affected: 0 , < 14.7.1 (custom)
Affected: 0 , < 15.1 (custom)
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