CVE-2024-54469: A local user may be able to leak sensitive user information in Apple iOS and iPadOS
CVE-2024-54469 is a medium severity vulnerability in Apple iOS and iPadOS that allows a local user to potentially leak sensitive user information. The issue involves insufficient checks that could lead to unauthorized information disclosure. Apple has addressed this vulnerability with improved checks and fixed it in iOS 18, iPadOS 18, and several macOS versions. The vulnerability does not require user interaction and has a low attack complexity but requires local privileges. There are no known exploits in the wild at this time.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
This vulnerability (CVE-2024-54469) affects Apple iOS and iPadOS, allowing a local user with limited privileges to leak sensitive user information due to insufficient validation checks. The issue is categorized under CWE-200 (Exposure of Sensitive Information). The CVSS v3.1 base score is 5.5 (medium severity), reflecting local attack vector, low complexity, low privileges required, no user interaction, and high confidentiality impact without integrity or availability impact. Apple fixed this issue by implementing improved checks in iOS 18, iPadOS 18, macOS Sequoia 15, macOS Sonoma 14.7, macOS Ventura 13.7, and visionOS 2.
Potential Impact
A local user with limited privileges could exploit this vulnerability to leak sensitive user information, potentially compromising user privacy. The confidentiality impact is high, but there is no impact on integrity or availability. No known exploits are currently reported in the wild.
Mitigation Recommendations
Apple has released official fixes for this vulnerability in iOS 18, iPadOS 18, macOS Sequoia 15, macOS Sonoma 14.7, macOS Ventura 13.7, and visionOS 2. Users and administrators should update to these versions to remediate the issue. Since this is not a cloud service, remediation depends on applying these software updates. Patch status is confirmed as fixed in these versions.
CVE-2024-54469: A local user may be able to leak sensitive user information in Apple iOS and iPadOS
Description
CVE-2024-54469 is a medium severity vulnerability in Apple iOS and iPadOS that allows a local user to potentially leak sensitive user information. The issue involves insufficient checks that could lead to unauthorized information disclosure. Apple has addressed this vulnerability with improved checks and fixed it in iOS 18, iPadOS 18, and several macOS versions. The vulnerability does not require user interaction and has a low attack complexity but requires local privileges. There are no known exploits in the wild at this time.
AI-Powered Analysis
Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
This vulnerability (CVE-2024-54469) affects Apple iOS and iPadOS, allowing a local user with limited privileges to leak sensitive user information due to insufficient validation checks. The issue is categorized under CWE-200 (Exposure of Sensitive Information). The CVSS v3.1 base score is 5.5 (medium severity), reflecting local attack vector, low complexity, low privileges required, no user interaction, and high confidentiality impact without integrity or availability impact. Apple fixed this issue by implementing improved checks in iOS 18, iPadOS 18, macOS Sequoia 15, macOS Sonoma 14.7, macOS Ventura 13.7, and visionOS 2.
Potential Impact
A local user with limited privileges could exploit this vulnerability to leak sensitive user information, potentially compromising user privacy. The confidentiality impact is high, but there is no impact on integrity or availability. No known exploits are currently reported in the wild.
Mitigation Recommendations
Apple has released official fixes for this vulnerability in iOS 18, iPadOS 18, macOS Sequoia 15, macOS Sonoma 14.7, macOS Ventura 13.7, and visionOS 2. Users and administrators should update to these versions to remediate the issue. Since this is not a cloud service, remediation depends on applying these software updates. Patch status is confirmed as fixed in these versions.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- apple
- Date Reserved
- 2024-12-03T22:50:35.493Z
- Cvss Version
- 3.1
- State
- PUBLISHED
Threat ID: 69ceb82fe6bfc5ba1df6ed65
Added to database: 4/2/2026, 6:40:47 PM
Last enriched: 4/9/2026, 11:31:44 PM
Last updated: 5/20/2026, 8:57:22 PM
Views: 39
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