About the security content of macOS Sonoma 14.5

This document describes the security content of macOS Sonoma 14.5.

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macOS Sonoma 14.5

Apple Neural Engine

Available for: macOS Sonoma

Impact: A local attacker may be able to cause unexpected system shutdown

Description: The issue was addressed with improved memory handling.

CVE-2024-27826: Minghao Lin, and Ye Zhang (@VAR10CK) of Baidu Security

AppleAVD

Available for: macOS Sonoma

Impact: An app may be able to cause unexpected system termination

Description: The issue was addressed with improved memory handling.

CVE-2024-27804: Meysam Firouzi (@R00tkitSMM)

AppleMobileFileIntegrity

Available for: macOS Sonoma

Impact: A local attacker may gain access to Keychain items

Description: A downgrade issue was addressed with additional code-signing restrictions.

CVE-2024-27837: Mickey Jin (@patch1t) and ajajfxhj

AppleMobileFileIntegrity

Available for: macOS Sonoma

Impact: An attacker may be able to access user data

Description: A logic issue was addressed with improved checks.

CVE-2024-27816: Mickey Jin (@patch1t)

AppleMobileFileIntegrity

Available for: macOS Sonoma

Impact: An app may be able to bypass certain Privacy preferences

Description: A downgrade issue affecting Intel-based Mac computers was addressed with additional code-signing restrictions.

CVE-2024-27825: Kirin (@Pwnrin)

AppleVA

Available for: macOS Sonoma

Impact: Processing a file may lead to unexpected app termination or arbitrary code execution

Description: The issue was addressed with improved memory handling.

CVE-2024-27829: Amir Bazine and Karsten König of CrowdStrike Counter Adversary Operations, Pwn2car working with Trend Micro's Zero Day Initiative, and Michael DePlante (@izobashi) of Trend Micro's Zero Day Initiative

AVEVideoEncoder

Available for: macOS Sonoma

Impact: An app may be able to disclose kernel memory

Description: The issue was addressed with improved memory handling.

CVE-2024-27841: an anonymous researcher

CFNetwork

Available for: macOS Sonoma

Impact: An app may be able to read arbitrary files

Description: A correctness issue was addressed with improved checks.

CVE-2024-23236: Ron Masas of Imperva

Core Data

Available for: macOS Sonoma

Impact: An app may be able to access sensitive user data

Description: An issue was addressed with improved validation of environment variables.

CVE-2024-27805: Kirin (@Pwnrin) and 小来来 (@Smi1eSEC)

CoreMedia

Available for: macOS Sonoma

Impact: An app may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges

Description: The issue was addressed with improved checks.

CVE-2024-27817: pattern-f (@pattern_F_) of Ant Security Light-Year Lab

CoreMedia

Available for: macOS Sonoma

Impact: Processing a file may lead to unexpected app termination or arbitrary code execution

Description: An out-of-bounds write issue was addressed with improved input validation.

CVE-2024-27831: Amir Bazine and Karsten König of CrowdStrike Counter Adversary Operations

Disk Images

Available for: macOS Sonoma

Impact: An app may be able to elevate privileges

Description: The issue was addressed with improved checks.

CVE-2024-27832: an anonymous researcher

Finder

Available for: macOS Sonoma

Impact: An app may be able to read arbitrary files

Description: This issue was addressed through improved state management.

CVE-2024-27827: an anonymous researcher

Foundation

Available for: macOS Sonoma

Impact: An app may be able to elevate privileges

Description: The issue was addressed with improved checks.

CVE-2024-27801: CertiK SkyFall Team

ImageIO

Available for: macOS Sonoma

Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted image may lead to arbitrary code execution

Description: The issue was addressed with improved checks.

CVE-2024-27836: Junsung Lee working with Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative

IOHIDFamily

Available for: macOS Sonoma

Impact: An unprivileged app may be able to log keystrokes in other apps including those using secure input mode

Description: This issue was addressed with additional entitlement checks.

CVE-2024-27799: an anonymous researcher

Kernel

Available for: macOS Sonoma

Impact: An attacker may be able to cause unexpected app termination or arbitrary code execution

Description: The issue was addressed with improved memory handling.

CVE-2024-27818: pattern-f (@pattern_F_) of Ant Security Light-Year Lab

Kernel

Available for: macOS Sonoma

Impact: An app may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges

Description: An out-of-bounds write issue was addressed with improved input validation.

CVE-2024-27815: an anonymous researcher, and Joseph Ravichandran (@0xjprx) of MIT CSAIL

Kernel

Available for: macOS Sonoma

Impact: An attacker in a privileged network position may be able to spoof network packets

Description: A race condition was addressed with improved locking.

CVE-2024-27823: Prof. Benny Pinkas of Bar-Ilan University, Prof. Amit Klein of Hebrew University, and EP

libiconv

Available for: macOS Sonoma

Impact: An app may be able to elevate privileges

Description: The issue was addressed with improved checks.

CVE-2024-27811: Nick Wellnhofer

Libsystem

Available for: macOS Sonoma

Impact: An app may be able to access protected user data

Description: A permissions issue was addressed by removing vulnerable code and adding additional checks.

CVE-2023-42893: an anonymous researcher

Mail

Available for: macOS Sonoma

Impact: An attacker with physical access may be able to leak Mail account credentials

Description: An authentication issue was addressed with improved state management.

CVE-2024-23251: Gil Pedersen

Mail

Available for: macOS Sonoma

Impact: A maliciously crafted email may be able to initiate FaceTime calls without user authorization

Description: The issue was addressed with improved checks.

CVE-2024-23282: Dohyun Lee (@l33d0hyun)

Maps

Available for: macOS Sonoma

Impact: An app may be able to read sensitive location information

Description: A path handling issue was addressed with improved validation.

CVE-2024-27810: LFY@secsys of Fudan University

Messages

Available for: macOS Sonoma

Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted message may lead to a denial-of-service

Description: This issue was addressed by removing the vulnerable code.

CVE-2024-27800: Daniel Zajork and Joshua Zajork

Metal

Available for: macOS Sonoma

Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted file may lead to unexpected app termination or arbitrary code execution

Description: An out-of-bounds read was addressed with improved input validation.

CVE-2024-27802: Meysam Firouzi (@R00tkitsmm) working with Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative

Metal

Available for: macOS Sonoma

Impact: A remote attacker may be able to cause unexpected app termination or arbitrary code execution

Description: An out-of-bounds access issue was addressed with improved bounds checking.

CVE-2024-27857: Michael DePlante (@izobashi) of Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative

PackageKit

Available for: macOS Sonoma

Impact: An app may be able to gain root privileges

Description: A logic issue was addressed with improved restrictions.

CVE-2024-27822: Scott Johnson, Mykola Grymalyuk of RIPEDA Consulting, Jordy Witteman, and Carlos Polop

PackageKit

Available for: macOS Sonoma

Impact: An app may be able to elevate privileges

Description: This issue was addressed by removing the vulnerable code.

CVE-2024-27824: Pedro Tôrres (@t0rr3sp3dr0)

PackageKit

Available for: macOS Sonoma

Impact: An app may be able to modify protected parts of the file system

Description: This issue was addressed with improved validation of symlinks.

CVE-2024-27885: Mickey Jin (@patch1t)

PrintCenter

Available for: macOS Sonoma

Impact: An app may be able to execute arbitrary code out of its sandbox or with certain elevated privileges

Description: The issue was addressed with improved checks.

CVE-2024-27813: an anonymous researcher

PrintCenter

Available for: macOS Sonoma

Impact: An app may be able to execute arbitrary code out of its sandbox or with certain elevated privileges

Description: The issue was addressed with improved checks.

CVE-2024-27813: an anonymous researcher

RemoteViewServices

Available for: macOS Sonoma

Impact: An attacker may be able to access user data

Description: A logic issue was addressed with improved checks.

CVE-2024-27816: Mickey Jin (@patch1t)

RemoteViewServices

Available for: macOS Sonoma

Impact: An attacker may be able to access user data

Description: A logic issue was addressed with improved checks.

CVE-2024-27816: Mickey Jin (@patch1t)

Safari

Available for: macOS Sonoma

Impact: A website's permission dialog may persist after navigation away from the site

Description: The issue was addressed with improved checks.

CVE-2024-27844: Narendra Bhati of Suma Soft Pvt. Ltd in Pune (India), Shaheen Fazim

SharedFileList

Available for: macOS Sonoma

Impact: An app may be able to elevate privileges

Description: A logic issue was addressed with improved checks.

CVE-2024-27843: Mickey Jin (@patch1t)

Shortcuts

Available for: macOS Sonoma

Impact: A shortcut may output sensitive user data without consent

Description: A path handling issue was addressed with improved validation.

CVE-2024-27821: Kirin (@Pwnrin), zbleet, and Csaba Fitzl (@theevilbit) of Kandji

Shortcuts

Available for: macOS Sonoma

Impact: A shortcut may be able to use sensitive data with certain actions without prompting the user

Description: The issue was addressed with improved checks.

CVE-2024-27855: an anonymous researcher

Spotlight

Available for: macOS Sonoma

Impact: An app may be able to access sensitive user data

Description: This issue was addressed with improved environment sanitization.

CVE-2024-27806

StorageKit

Available for: macOS Sonoma

Impact: An attacker may be able to elevate privileges

Description: An authorization issue was addressed with improved state management.

CVE-2024-27798: Yann GASCUEL of Alter Solutions

StorageKit

Available for: macOS Sonoma

Impact: A malicious app may be able to gain root privileges

Description: This issue was addressed with improved permissions checking.

CVE-2024-27848: Csaba Fitzl (@theevilbit) of Kandji

Sync Services

Available for: macOS Sonoma

Impact: An app may be able to bypass Privacy preferences

Description: This issue was addressed with improved checks

CVE-2024-27847: Mickey Jin (@patch1t)

Transparency

Available for: macOS Sonoma

Impact: An app may be able to access user-sensitive data

Description: This issue was addressed with a new entitlement.

CVE-2024-27884: Mickey Jin (@patch1t)

udf

Available for: macOS Sonoma

Impact: An app may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges

Description: The issue was addressed with improved checks.

CVE-2024-27842: CertiK SkyFall Team

Voice Control

Available for: macOS Sonoma

Impact: An attacker may be able to elevate privileges

Description: The issue was addressed with improved checks.

CVE-2024-27796: ajajfxhj

WebKit

Available for: macOS Sonoma

Impact: An attacker with arbitrary read and write capability may be able to bypass Pointer Authentication

Description: The issue was addressed with improved checks.

CVE-2024-27834: Manfred Paul (@_manfp) working with Trend Micro's Zero Day Initiative

WebKit

Available for: macOS Sonoma

Impact: A maliciously crafted webpage may be able to fingerprint the user

Description: The issue was addressed by adding additional logic.

CVE-2024-27838: Emilio Cobos of Mozilla

WebKit

Available for: macOS Sonoma

Impact: Processing web content may lead to arbitrary code execution

Description: The issue was addressed with improved memory handling.

CVE-2024-27808: Lukas Bernhard of CISPA Helmholtz Center for Information Security

WebKit

Available for: macOS Sonoma

Impact: A maliciously crafted webpage may be able to fingerprint the user

Description: This issue was addressed with improvements to the noise injection algorithm.

CVE-2024-27850: an anonymous researcher

WebKit

Available for: macOS Sonoma

Impact: Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to arbitrary code execution

Description: The issue was addressed with improved bounds checks.

CVE-2024-27851: Nan Wang (@eternalsakura13) of 360 Vulnerability Research Institute

WebKit

Available for: macOS Sonoma

Impact: A malicious attacker with arbitrary read and write capability may be able to bypass Pointer Authentication

Description: The issue was addressed with improved checks.

CVE-2024-27834: Manfred Paul (@_manfp) working with Trend Micro's Zero Day Initiative

WebKit Canvas

Available for: macOS Sonoma

Impact: A maliciously crafted webpage may be able to fingerprint the user

Description: This issue was addressed through improved state management.

CVE-2024-27830: Joe Rutkowski (@Joe12387) of Crawless and @abrahamjuliot

WebKit Web Inspector

Available for: macOS Sonoma

Impact: Processing web content may lead to arbitrary code execution

Description: The issue was addressed with improved memory handling.

CVE-2024-27820: Jeff Johnson of underpassapp.com

Additional recognition

App Store

We would like to acknowledge an anonymous researcher for their assistance.

AppleMobileFileIntegrity

We would like to acknowledge Mickey Jin (@patch1t) for their assistance.

CoreHAP

We would like to acknowledge Adrian Cable for their assistance.

Disk Images

We would like to acknowledge Mickey Jin (@patch1t) for their assistance.

HearingCore

We would like to acknowledge an anonymous researcher for their assistance.

ImageIO

We would like to acknowledge an anonymous researcher for their assistance.

Managed Configuration

We would like to acknowledge 遥遥领先 (@晴天组织) for their assistance.

Music

We would like to acknowledge an anonymous researcher for their assistance.

Safari Downloads

We would like to acknowledge Arsenii Kostromin (0x3c3e) for their assistance.

Wi-Fi

We would like to acknowledge Adam M. for their assistance.