5.5
Medium
Exploited
CVE-2024-27834 Apple Multiple Products Improper Authentication Vulnerability
Active exploitation observed
· CISA KEV catalogue
Required action
Apply mitigations in accordance with vendor instructions, ensuring compliance with CISA’s BOD 26-04 Prioritizing Security Updates Based on Risk (see URL in Notes) guidance and CISA’s “Forensics Triage Requirements” (see URL in Notes). Follow applicable BOD 26-04 guidance for cloud services or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable. Stakeholders are responsible for evaluating each asset's internet exposure and ensuring adherence to BOD 26-04 patching guidelines.
Ransomware campaigns
Not observed so far
Weakness
CWE-287
Description
The issue was addressed with improved checks. This issue is fixed in Safari 17.5, iOS 16.7.8 and iPadOS 16.7.8, iOS 17.5 and iPadOS 17.5, macOS Sonoma 14.5, tvOS 17.5, watchOS 10.5. An attacker with arbitrary read and write capability may be able to bypass Pointer Authentication.
CVSS 3.1 detail
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:NExploitable with local access to the machine, with an ordinary account and without any user action; an attacker can seriously compromise confidentiality, integrity or availability.
- Attack vector
- Local
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Privileges required
- Low
- Interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- None
Affected products and versions
| Product | Affected versions | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| iOS and iPadOS 17.5 | earliest → < 17.5 | 17.5 |
| iOS and iPadOS 16.7 | earliest → < 16.7.8 | 16.7.8 |
| macOS 14.5 | earliest → < 14.5 | 14.5 |
| watchOS 10.5 | earliest → < 10.5 | 10.5 |
| Safari 17.5 | earliest → < 17.5 | 17.5 |
| tvOS 17.5 | earliest → < 17.5 | 17.5 |
| ipad_os 17.5 | earliest → < 17.5 | 17.5 |
| iphone_os 17.5 | earliest → < 17.5 | 17.5 |
References
- support.apple.com support.apple.com
- support.apple.com support.apple.com
- support.apple.com support.apple.com
- support.apple.com support.apple.com
- support.apple.com support.apple.com
- support.apple.com support.apple.com
Timeline
- Published
- Added to the KEV catalogue
- Last modified
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