{"answers":{"affected":"It affects 2 products.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-40825 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"No fix has been published for CVE-2024-40825 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.","what":"CVE-2024-40825 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Apple Macos, published on 16 Sep 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2024-40825 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2024-40825 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Apple Macos, published on 16 Sep 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.\nExploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-40825 in the wild and no public exploit code.\n\nAffected product: Apple Macos. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.\n\nTask:\n1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.\n2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-40825/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-40825/index.md)","id":"CVE-2024-40825","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-40825/index.md","name":"CVE-2024-40825","record":{"aliases":["GHSA-79c6-5cw9-rpwc"],"analysis":{"component_type":"operating_system","fix_type":"upgrade","impacts":["privilege_escalation","data_modify"],"network_reachable":"adjacent_or_local","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"Apple macOS","requires_auth":"high_privilege","summary":"A malicious app with root privileges can modify system files, requiring an OS upgrade to mitigate.","user_interaction":"not_required","vuln_class":"privilege_escalation"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"apple","cpe":[{"product":"macos","vendor":"apple"},{"product":"visionos","vendor":"apple"}],"cvss":{"score":6,"severity":"medium","source":"cisa-adp","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N","version":"3.1"},"cwes":[{"id":"CWE-284","name":"Improper Access Control"}],"description":"The issue was addressed with improved checks. This issue is fixed in macOS Sequoia 15, visionOS 2. A malicious app with root privileges may be able to modify the contents of system files.","ecosystems":[],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":null,"github_poc":0,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":0,"refs":[],"tier":"none_known"},"has_fix":null,"headline":"Privilege escalation in macOS","id":"CVE-2024-40825","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":"apple:macos","products":["apple:macos","apple:visionos"],"type":"privilege_escalation","year":"2024"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":2,"next":{"headline":"Information disclosure in iOS and iPadOS","id":"CVE-2024-40826"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"Security feature bypass in iOS and iPadOS","id":"CVE-2024-40824"},"products":["macOS","visionOS"],"published":"2024-09-16","related":[{"cvss_score":9.8,"headline":"Apple macOS Improper Authentication","id":"CVE-2026-65400","kev_date_added":"2026-08-18","published":"2026-08-06"},{"cvss_score":10,"headline":"Security feature bypass in macOS","id":"CVE-2024-44146","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2024-09-16"},{"cvss_score":10,"headline":"Security feature bypass in macOS","id":"CVE-2024-44148","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2024-09-16"},{"cvss_score":10,"headline":"Security feature bypass in macOS","id":"CVE-2023-38586","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2023-09-26"},{"cvss_score":10,"headline":"Security feature bypass in macOS","id":"CVE-2023-40455","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2023-09-26"},{"cvss_score":10,"headline":"Other in n/a","id":"CVE-1999-0590","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2000-02-04"},{"cvss_score":9.8,"headline":"Memory corruption in macOS","id":"CVE-2026-84520","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2026-09-14"}],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"US public information, NVD API terms","name":"NVD"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CWE Terms of Use","name":"CWE (MITRE)"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":"no","exploitation":"none","technical_impact":"total"},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2026-04-02","vendors":["Apple"]},"summary":"A malicious app with root privileges can modify system files, requiring an OS upgrade to mitigate.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-40825/"}