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CVE-2024-44273This issue was addressed with improved handling of symlinks. This issue is fixed in iOS 18.1 and iPadOS 18.1, macOS Sequoia 15.1, macOS…
- 5.5MediumCVSS base score
- 0.28%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 80% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
This issue was addressed with improved handling of symlinks. This issue is fixed in iOS 18.1 and iPadOS 18.1, macOS Sequoia 15.1, macOS Sonoma 14.7.1, tvOS 18.1, visionOS 2.1, watchOS 11.1. A malicious app may be able to access private information.
Timeline
ID reserved
By apple
- 2 months later
· 2 months later
Published
- 17 months later
· 17 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 | Medium5.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Medium5.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.28% · top 80% of all CVEs (12 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.5.
Affected products
References
References11
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/121563 (opens in a new tab)
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/121564 (opens in a new tab)
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/121565 (opens in a new tab)
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/121566 (opens in a new tab)
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/121569 (opens in a new tab)
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/121570 (opens in a new tab)
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Oct/16 (opens in a new tab)
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Oct/15 (opens in a new tab)
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Oct/12 (opens in a new tab)
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Oct/11 (opens in a new tab)
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Oct/9 (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-2024-40989 (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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