CVE-2024-54475: An app may be able to determine a user’s current location in Apple macOS
A privacy issue was addressed with improved private data redaction for log entries. This issue is fixed in macOS Sequoia 15.2, macOS Sonoma 14.7.2, macOS Ventura 13.7.2. An app may be able to determine a user’s current location.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
This vulnerability involves a privacy issue in macOS where an application could infer the user's current location by accessing inadequately redacted log entries containing private data. Apple fixed this issue by enhancing the redaction of sensitive information in logs in the specified macOS versions. The CVSS score is 3.3 (low), indicating limited impact primarily on confidentiality with no known exploits in the wild.
Potential Impact
An attacker with local access and user interaction could potentially determine the user's current location, leading to a confidentiality breach of location data. There is no impact on system integrity or availability. No known active exploitation has been reported.
Mitigation Recommendations
Apple has released official fixes in macOS Sequoia 15.2, macOS Sonoma 14.7.2, and macOS Ventura 13.7.2. Users and administrators should update to these versions or later to remediate this privacy issue. No additional mitigation steps are indicated by the vendor.
CVE-2024-54475: An app may be able to determine a user’s current location in Apple macOS
Description
A privacy issue was addressed with improved private data redaction for log entries. This issue is fixed in macOS Sequoia 15.2, macOS Sonoma 14.7.2, macOS Ventura 13.7.2. An app may be able to determine a user’s current location.
CVSS v3.1
Score 3.3low
Affected software
Weaknesses
AI-Powered Analysis
Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
This vulnerability involves a privacy issue in macOS where an application could infer the user's current location by accessing inadequately redacted log entries containing private data. Apple fixed this issue by enhancing the redaction of sensitive information in logs in the specified macOS versions. The CVSS score is 3.3 (low), indicating limited impact primarily on confidentiality with no known exploits in the wild.
Potential Impact
An attacker with local access and user interaction could potentially determine the user's current location, leading to a confidentiality breach of location data. There is no impact on system integrity or availability. No known active exploitation has been reported.
Mitigation Recommendations
Apple has released official fixes in macOS Sequoia 15.2, macOS Sonoma 14.7.2, and macOS Ventura 13.7.2. Users and administrators should update to these versions or later to remediate this privacy issue. No additional mitigation steps are indicated by the vendor.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- apple
- Date Reserved
- 2024-12-03T22:50:35.495Z
- Cvss Version
- 3.1
- State
- PUBLISHED
Threat ID: 69ceb831e6bfc5ba1df6ed84
Added to database: 04/02/2026, 18:40:49 UTC
Last enriched: 06/02/2026, 19:57:08 UTC
Last updated: 07/08/2026, 22:28:18 UTC
Views: 96
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