CVE-2024-23245: Third-party shortcuts may use a legacy action from Automator to send events to apps without user consent in Apple macOS
CVE-2024-23245 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Apple macOS where third-party shortcuts could use a legacy Automator action to send events to other applications without obtaining user consent. This issue was addressed by Apple through the addition of an extra prompt requiring user consent before such actions can be performed. The vulnerability affects multiple macOS versions and has been fixed in macOS Monterey 12. 7. 4, macOS Ventura 13. 6. 5, and macOS Sonoma 14. 4. The CVSS score is 5. 4, indicating a moderate impact primarily on confidentiality and integrity with required user interaction.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
This vulnerability involves third-party shortcuts leveraging a legacy Automator action to send events to other applications without explicit user consent, potentially allowing unauthorized interactions between apps. Apple fixed the issue by implementing an additional user consent prompt to prevent such unauthorized event sending. The fix is included in macOS Monterey 12.7.4, Ventura 13.6.5, and Sonoma 14.4. The CVSS 3.1 vector indicates network attack vector, low attack complexity, no privileges required, user interaction required, unchanged scope, and low impact on confidentiality and integrity, with no impact on availability.
Potential Impact
An attacker could craft or distribute third-party shortcuts that send events to other applications without the user’s permission, potentially leading to unauthorized actions or data access within those apps. The impact is limited to confidentiality and integrity with low severity and requires user interaction. There are no reports of active exploitation in the wild.
Mitigation Recommendations
Apple has released official patches that address this vulnerability by adding an additional prompt for user consent. Users and administrators should update affected macOS systems to Monterey 12.7.4, Ventura 13.6.5, Sonoma 14.4, or later versions to ensure the vulnerability is remediated. No further mitigation steps are required beyond applying these official updates.
CVE-2024-23245: Third-party shortcuts may use a legacy action from Automator to send events to apps without user consent in Apple macOS
Description
CVE-2024-23245 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Apple macOS where third-party shortcuts could use a legacy Automator action to send events to other applications without obtaining user consent. This issue was addressed by Apple through the addition of an extra prompt requiring user consent before such actions can be performed. The vulnerability affects multiple macOS versions and has been fixed in macOS Monterey 12. 7. 4, macOS Ventura 13. 6. 5, and macOS Sonoma 14. 4. The CVSS score is 5. 4, indicating a moderate impact primarily on confidentiality and integrity with required user interaction.
AI-Powered Analysis
Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
This vulnerability involves third-party shortcuts leveraging a legacy Automator action to send events to other applications without explicit user consent, potentially allowing unauthorized interactions between apps. Apple fixed the issue by implementing an additional user consent prompt to prevent such unauthorized event sending. The fix is included in macOS Monterey 12.7.4, Ventura 13.6.5, and Sonoma 14.4. The CVSS 3.1 vector indicates network attack vector, low attack complexity, no privileges required, user interaction required, unchanged scope, and low impact on confidentiality and integrity, with no impact on availability.
Potential Impact
An attacker could craft or distribute third-party shortcuts that send events to other applications without the user’s permission, potentially leading to unauthorized actions or data access within those apps. The impact is limited to confidentiality and integrity with low severity and requires user interaction. There are no reports of active exploitation in the wild.
Mitigation Recommendations
Apple has released official patches that address this vulnerability by adding an additional prompt for user consent. Users and administrators should update affected macOS systems to Monterey 12.7.4, Ventura 13.6.5, Sonoma 14.4, or later versions to ensure the vulnerability is remediated. No further mitigation steps are required beyond applying these official updates.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- apple
- Date Reserved
- 2024-01-12T22:22:21.483Z
- Cvss Version
- 3.1
- State
- PUBLISHED
Threat ID: 690a47526d939959c80226c5
Added to database: 11/4/2025, 6:34:58 PM
Last enriched: 4/9/2026, 11:02:56 PM
Last updated: 5/10/2026, 1:49:41 PM
Views: 64
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