CVE-2024-44255
Published: 28 October 2024
Summary
CVE-2024-44255 is a high-severity Path Traversal (CWE-22) vulnerability in Apple Macos. Its CVSS base score is 7.8 (High).
Operationally, ranked at the 17.9th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2024-40975
Vulnerability details
A path handling issue was addressed with improved logic. This issue is fixed in iOS 18.1 and iPadOS 18.1, macOS Sequoia 15.1, macOS Sonoma 14.7.1, macOS Ventura 13.7.1, tvOS 18.1, visionOS 2.1, watchOS 11.1. A malicious app may be able…
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to run arbitrary shortcuts without user consent.
- 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.
Validates pathnames and filenames to prevent traversal outside intended directories.