CVE-2024-54554: An app may be able to access sensitive user data in Apple macOS
CVE-2024-54554 is a vulnerability in Apple macOS where an application may access sensitive user data due to improper handling of symbolic links. This issue has been addressed with improved symlink handling and fixed in macOS Sequoia 15. 1. The vulnerability has a medium severity with a CVSS score of 5. 5. There are no known exploits in the wild at this time.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
This vulnerability (CVE-2024-54554) affects Apple macOS and involves improper handling of symbolic links (CWE-59), which could allow an application with limited privileges to access sensitive user data. The issue is resolved in macOS Sequoia 15.1 by improving symlink handling mechanisms. The CVSS 3.1 base score is 5.5, reflecting a medium severity with local attack vector, low attack complexity, and requiring low privileges without user interaction. Confidentiality impact is high, while integrity and availability impacts are none.
Potential Impact
An attacker with local access and low privileges could exploit this vulnerability to read sensitive user data that should otherwise be protected. There is no impact on system integrity or availability. No known exploits have been reported in the wild.
Mitigation Recommendations
This vulnerability is fixed in macOS Sequoia 15.1. Users and administrators should update to this version or later to remediate the issue. No additional mitigation steps are indicated by the vendor advisory.
CVE-2024-54554: An app may be able to access sensitive user data in Apple macOS
Description
CVE-2024-54554 is a vulnerability in Apple macOS where an application may access sensitive user data due to improper handling of symbolic links. This issue has been addressed with improved symlink handling and fixed in macOS Sequoia 15. 1. The vulnerability has a medium severity with a CVSS score of 5. 5. There are no known exploits in the wild at this time.
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Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
This vulnerability (CVE-2024-54554) affects Apple macOS and involves improper handling of symbolic links (CWE-59), which could allow an application with limited privileges to access sensitive user data. The issue is resolved in macOS Sequoia 15.1 by improving symlink handling mechanisms. The CVSS 3.1 base score is 5.5, reflecting a medium severity with local attack vector, low attack complexity, and requiring low privileges without user interaction. Confidentiality impact is high, while integrity and availability impacts are none.
Potential Impact
An attacker with local access and low privileges could exploit this vulnerability to read sensitive user data that should otherwise be protected. There is no impact on system integrity or availability. No known exploits have been reported in the wild.
Mitigation Recommendations
This vulnerability is fixed in macOS Sequoia 15.1. Users and administrators should update to this version or later to remediate the issue. No additional mitigation steps are indicated by the vendor advisory.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- apple
- Date Reserved
- 2024-12-03T22:50:35.514Z
- Cvss Version
- 3.1
- State
- PUBLISHED
Threat ID: 69ceb834e6bfc5ba1df6eecb
Added to database: 4/2/2026, 6:40:52 PM
Last enriched: 4/9/2026, 11:36:21 PM
Last updated: 5/19/2026, 10:13:17 PM
Views: 56
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