CVE-2024-27798: An attacker may be able to elevate privileges in Apple macOS
CVE-2024-27798 is a high-severity vulnerability in Apple macOS that involves an authorization issue allowing a local user to potentially elevate privileges. The flaw was addressed through improved state management and is fixed in macOS Monterey 12. 7. 5, macOS Ventura 13. 6. 7, and macOS Sonoma 14. 5. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 7. 8, indicating significant impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability if exploited. There are no known exploits in the wild at this time.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
CVE-2024-27798 is an authorization vulnerability in Apple macOS that could allow a local attacker with limited privileges to elevate their privileges due to improper state management. This issue affects multiple macOS versions and was resolved by Apple through improved state management in macOS Monterey 12.7.5, Ventura 13.6.7, and Sonoma 14.5. The CVSS 3.1 base score is 7.8 (AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H), reflecting a high-impact vulnerability exploitable with low attack complexity and no user interaction. The vendor advisory explicitly states the availability of patches in these versions.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow a local attacker with low privileges to gain elevated privileges on the affected macOS system, potentially leading to full system compromise affecting confidentiality, integrity, and availability. No evidence of active exploitation in the wild has been reported. The vulnerability impacts multiple macOS versions prior to the patched releases.
Mitigation Recommendations
Apply the official security updates provided by Apple: macOS Monterey 12.7.5, macOS Ventura 13.6.7, and macOS Sonoma 14.5 or later. These updates contain the fix through improved state management addressing the authorization issue. No additional mitigation steps are required beyond applying these patches as per the vendor advisory.
CVE-2024-27798: An attacker may be able to elevate privileges in Apple macOS
Description
CVE-2024-27798 is a high-severity vulnerability in Apple macOS that involves an authorization issue allowing a local user to potentially elevate privileges. The flaw was addressed through improved state management and is fixed in macOS Monterey 12. 7. 5, macOS Ventura 13. 6. 7, and macOS Sonoma 14. 5. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 7. 8, indicating significant impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability if exploited. There are no known exploits in the wild at this time.
AI-Powered Analysis
Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
CVE-2024-27798 is an authorization vulnerability in Apple macOS that could allow a local attacker with limited privileges to elevate their privileges due to improper state management. This issue affects multiple macOS versions and was resolved by Apple through improved state management in macOS Monterey 12.7.5, Ventura 13.6.7, and Sonoma 14.5. The CVSS 3.1 base score is 7.8 (AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H), reflecting a high-impact vulnerability exploitable with low attack complexity and no user interaction. The vendor advisory explicitly states the availability of patches in these versions.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow a local attacker with low privileges to gain elevated privileges on the affected macOS system, potentially leading to full system compromise affecting confidentiality, integrity, and availability. No evidence of active exploitation in the wild has been reported. The vulnerability impacts multiple macOS versions prior to the patched releases.
Mitigation Recommendations
Apply the official security updates provided by Apple: macOS Monterey 12.7.5, macOS Ventura 13.6.7, and macOS Sonoma 14.5 or later. These updates contain the fix through improved state management addressing the authorization issue. No additional mitigation steps are required beyond applying these patches as per the vendor advisory.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- apple
- Date Reserved
- 2024-02-26T15:32:28.515Z
- Cvss Version
- 3.1
- State
- PUBLISHED
Threat ID: 69ceb81de6bfc5ba1df6e1ec
Added to database: 4/2/2026, 6:40:29 PM
Last enriched: 4/9/2026, 11:11:26 PM
Last updated: 5/20/2026, 7:36:48 PM
Views: 34
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