CVE-2024-44174
Published: 28 October 2024
Summary
CVE-2024-44174 is a medium-severity Improper Check for Unusual or Exceptional Conditions (CWE-754) vulnerability in Apple Macos. Its CVSS base score is 5.5 (Medium).
Operationally, ranked at the 34.2th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2024-40924
Vulnerability details
The issue was addressed with improved checks. This issue is fixed in macOS Sequoia 15. An attacker may be able to view restricted content from the lock screen.
- CWE(s)
Related Threats
No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.
Affected Assets
Mitigating Controls
Likely Mitigating Controls AI
Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.
Requires detection and response to audit logging failures as an unusual or exceptional condition.
Tracking information locations and access supports secure storage practices instead of insecure ones.
Implements detection of unusual or exceptional conditions followed by safe mode entry, reducing the window for exploitation of unchecked conditions.
Training ensures users perform required checks for unusual or exceptional conditions as part of contingency roles, limiting attacker leverage from skipped validations.
Establishing an alternate site with equivalent protections directly mitigates insecure storage of sensitive backup information.
Requiring protection of backup information directly addresses insecure storage of sensitive data in backups.
IR testing directly validates checks for unusual or exceptional conditions that could indicate security incidents.
Policy explicitly addresses insecure storage of CUI on external systems, requiring compliant handling and protections.