Is CVE-2024-23285 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2024-23285 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2024-23285?

CVE-2024-23285 has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.5 (MEDIUM).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2024-23285?

CVE-2024-23285 has an EPSS score of 0.25% (16th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2024-23285?

Upgrade macos to 14.4 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2024-23285

MEDIUM

5.5

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

This issue was addressed with improved handling of symlinks. This issue is fixed in macOS Sonoma 14.4. An app may be able to create symlinks to protected regions of the disk.

CWE-59Link Following CWE-61

How to fix

Remediation Available

macosNVD

Affected:>= 14.0, < 14.4Fixed in:14.4CVE-2024-23285derived from NVD

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorLocal

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionRequired

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityNone

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityNone

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Exploit Intelligence

0.25%probability of exploitation in 30 days

16thpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 16% of all known CVEs.

References

Vendor Advisory1

support.apple.com

Mailing List1

seclists.org

Other references2

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