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CVE-2024-40802
The issue was addressed with improved checks. This issue is fixed in macOS Monterey 12.7.6, macOS Sonoma 14.6, macOS Ventura 13.6.8. A…
- 7.8HighCVSS base score
- 0.23%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 86% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
The issue was addressed with improved checks. This issue is fixed in macOS Monterey 12.7.6, macOS Sonoma 14.6, macOS Ventura 13.6.8. A local attacker may be able to elevate their privileges.
Timeline
ID reserved
By apple
- 19 days later
· 19 days later
Published
- 20 months later
· 20 months later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CISA-ADPADP (enrichment) | 3.1 | High7.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | High7.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.23% · top 86% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: total
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.8.
Affected products
References
12
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/120910 (opens in a new tab)
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/120911 (opens in a new tab)
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/120912 (opens in a new tab)
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT214120 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT214119 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT214118 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Jul/20 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Jul/18 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Jul/19 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT214120 (opens in a new tab)
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT214119 (opens in a new tab)
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT214118 (opens in a new tab)
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2024-38643 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2024-40802)Record last updated .