Medium severity6.5NVD Advisory· Published Oct 28, 2024· Updated Apr 2, 2026

CVE-2024-44294

Description

A path deletion vulnerability was addressed by preventing vulnerable code from running with privileges. This issue is fixed in macOS Sequoia 15.1, macOS Sonoma 14.7.1, macOS Ventura 13.7.1. An attacker with root privileges may be able to delete protected system files.

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Affected products

Apple Inc./macOS
cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Range: <13.7.1
Apple Inc./macOS Sequoiallm-fuzzy
Range: <15.1
Apple Inc./macOS Sonomallm-fuzzy
Range: <14.7.1
Apple Inc./macOS Venturallm-fuzzy
Range: <13.7.1

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References

support.apple.com/en-us/121568nvdVendor Advisory
support.apple.com/en-us/121570nvdVendor Advisory
seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Oct/11nvd
seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Oct/12nvd
seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Oct/13nvd
support.apple.com/en-us/121564nvd

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