Description

This issue was addressed with improved handling of symlinks. This issue is fixed in macOS Sonoma 14.4. An app may be able to create symlinks to protected regions of the disk.

Classification

CVE ID: CVE-2024-23285

Affected Products

Vendor: Apple

Product: macOS

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

EPSS Score: 0.05% (probability of being exploited)

EPSS Percentile: 18.42% (scored less or equal to compared to others)

EPSS Date: 2025-03-14 (when was this score calculated)

References

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT214084
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Mar/21

Timeline