CVE-2024-27872 is a medium-severity vulnerability affecting Apple macOS, specifically macOS Sonoma 14.6 and earlier, where an application could potentially access protected user data due to insufficient symlink validation. With a CVSS score of 5.5, this local attack requires low privileges and complexity, but could lead to high confidentiality impact. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 14.6CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 0, < 14.6CPE match | cpe:2.3:a:apple:macos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
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