CVE-2024-23238 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

An access issue was addressed with improved access restrictions. This issue is fixed in macOS Sonoma 14.4. An app may be able to edit NVRAM variables.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

Vendors	Products
Apple	Macos

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

No data.

References

Link	Providers
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Mar/21
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT214084

History

Fri, 14 Feb 2025 08:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics	cvssV3_1 `{'score': 3.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N'}`	ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}` cvssV3_1 `{'score': 7.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N'}`

Thu, 05 Dec 2024 20:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
First Time appeared		Apple Apple macos
Weaknesses		NVD-CWE-noinfo
CPEs		cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos::::::::
Vendors & Products		Apple Apple macos
Metrics	cvssV3_1 `{'score': 7.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N'}`	cvssV3_1 `{'score': 3.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: apple

Published: 2024-03-08T01:36:15.545Z

Updated: 2025-02-13T17:34:09.502Z

Reserved: 2024-01-12T22:22:21.480Z

Link: CVE-2024-23238

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-01T22:59:32.074Z

NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2024-03-08T02:15:48.020

Modified: 2024-12-05T20:03:43.247

Link: CVE-2024-23238

Redhat

No data.

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