# CVE-2024-9062: macOS Archify: Local Privilege Escalation

> Local attackers can escalate privileges to root by connecting to Archify's unvalidated privileged helper tool via XPC.

- **Severity:** High 7.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 10 Jun 2025
- **Updated:** 11 Jun 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-gxfx-6pw5-mp9c

## What is CVE-2024-9062?

CVE-2024-9062 is a high-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Archify, published on 10 Jun 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The Archify application contains a local privilege escalation vulnerability due to insufficient client validation in its privileged helper tool, com.oct4pie.archifyhelper, which is exposed via XPC. Archify follows the "factored applications" model, delegating privileged operations—such as arbitrary file deletion and file permission changes—to this helper running as root. However, the helper does not verify the code signature, entitlements, or signing flags of the connecting client. Although macOS provides secure validation mechanisms like auditToken, these are not implemented. As a result, any local process can establish a connection to the helper and invoke privileged functionality, leading to unauthorized execution of actions with root-level privileges.

Weakness: CWE-306 (Missing Authentication for Critical Functionality)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-9062?


## How do I fix CVE-2024-9062?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-9062 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-9062 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-9062 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-9062 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-9062 is a high-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Archify, published on 10 Jun 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-9062 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Archify. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. 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.
2. 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.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-9062/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-9062/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-9062
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-9062
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-9062

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-9062/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.