October 13, 2024 at 02:30PM
Apple’s macOS Sequoia 15, releasing on September 16, 2024, addresses multiple vulnerabilities through improved permissions, memory handling, and data redaction. Updates are available for various Mac models, enhancing user data security by minimizing unauthorized access and modifications, thereby reducing potential privacy risks for sensitive information.
### Meeting Takeaways
**Release Overview:**
– **Release Date:** September 16, 2024
– **Affected Product:** About the security content of macOS Sequoia 15.
**Security Vulnerabilities Addressed:**
1. **CVE-2024-44129, CVE-2024-44153**
– **Description:** Improved permissions logic.
– **Impact:** Potential access to user-sensitive data.
2. **CVE-2024-44188**
– **Description:** Additional restrictions on permissions issues.
– **Impact:** App may access protected user data.
3. **CVE-2024-40825**
– **Description:** Enhanced checks.
– **Impact:** Malicious app could modify system files.
4. **CVE-2024-44130**
– **Description:** Improved data protection.
– **Impact:** App with root privileges may access private information.
5. **CVE-2024-44182, CVE-2024-44154**
– **Description:** Enhanced memory handling.
– **Impact:** Malicious files may cause app termination.
6. **CVE-2024-40825, CVE-2024-44140**
– **Description:** Additional code-signing restrictions.
– **Impact:** Potential reading of sensitive information.
7. **CVE-2024-27860, CVE-2024-27861**
– **Description:** Improved memory handling.
– **Impact:** Possible reading of restricted memory.
8. **CVE-2024-40841, CVE-2024-27795**
– **Description:** Permissions issues addressed.
– **Impact:** Camera extension could access the internet.
9. **CVE-2024-44135**
– **Description:** Improved sandbox restrictions.
– **Impact:** Access to protected files may occur.
10. **CVE-2024-44132**
– **Description:** Enhanced handling of symlinks.
– **Impact:** App may break out of its sandbox.
11. **CVE-2024-44128**
– **Description:** Addition of user consent prompt.
– **Impact:** Automator actions could bypass Gatekeeper.
12. **CVE-2024-44151**
– **Description:** Permission improvements.
– **Impact:** Modification of protected file system parts.
13. **CVE-2023-4504, CVE-2024-44178**
– **Description:** Involves vulnerabilities in open-source code.
– **Impact:** Possible termination of apps from crafted files.
*Additional vulnerabilities with similar themes of permissions, access rights, and data leakage have been identified across the CVEs listed.*
**Devices Affected:**
– **Compatible Models for Updates:**
– Mac Studio (2022 and later)
– iMac (2019 and later)
– Mac Pro (2019 and later)
– Mac Mini (2018 and later)
– MacBook Air (2020 and later)
– MacBook Pro (2018 and later)
– iMac Pro (2017 and later)
**Next Steps:**
– Ensure the affected devices have the latest updates installed to mitigate risks associated with the identified vulnerabilities.
– Monitor updates related to macOS Sequoia 15 for any additional security patches or information.