CVE-2024-27848
HIGH
7.8
CVSS Score
Published: June 10, 2024 at 08:56 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 07:20 AM UTC
3 products affected across 1 vendormacOSiPhone OSiPadOS
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Severity
HIGH7.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.2%
SSVC
No known exploit
Description
This issue was addressed with improved permissions checking. This issue is fixed in macOS Sonoma 14.5, iOS 17.5 and iPadOS 17.5. A malicious app may be able to gain root privileges.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
v < 17.5
Affected range stops below 17.5, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
v < 17.5
Affected range stops below 17.5, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (6)
Source: cverecord
https://support.apple.com/en-us/120903Source: cverecord
https://support.apple.com/en-us/120905SSVC — Action Prioritization
SSVCNo known exploitAutomatableTotal impact
SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.
CVSS
- Attack Vector
- LOCAL
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- NONE
- User Interaction
- REQUIRED
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- HIGH
- Integrity
- HIGH
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-863CWE-277
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