December 11, 2024 at 01:33PM
Multiple vulnerabilities were identified in macOS Sonoma 14.7.2, impacting user data access, kernel privileges, and sandbox security. Updates addressing various issues, including logic, path handling, memory management, and permissions, have been released to mitigate risks. Users are encouraged to install the latest security updates.
### Meeting Takeaways on macOS Sonoma 14.7.2 Security Updates
1. **Release Information**
– **Apple ID**: 121840
– **Release Date**: December 11, 2024
– **Affected Product**: macOS Sonoma 14.7.2
2. **CVE Entries and Security Issues**
– Multiple **CVE** vulnerabilities addressed with improved checks, logic, and memory handling, primarily allowing applications to access sensitive user data and conduct unauthorized actions.
3. **Specific Vulnerability Impacts**:
– **Data Access**: Several CVEs (e.g., CVE-2024-54477, CVE-2024-44220) may allow apps to access user-sensitive data.
– **Private Information Exposure**: Issues like CVE-2024-54526 could enable malicious apps to access private information.
– **Arbitrary Code Execution**: CVE-2024-54529 shows that certain logic issues could let apps execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges.
– **Protection Bypass**: Vulnerabilities (e.g., CVE-2024-54466) can result in unauthorized access to encrypted volumes.
– **Denial of Service**: CVE-2024-44201 indicates that processing malicious files might lead to system crashes.
– **Privilege Escalation**: Logic and permissions issues (CVE-2024-44225) may allow apps to gain elevated privileges or root access.
4. **Common Themes**:
– Most issues were resolved with enhanced validations, checks, and state management to prevent malicious app behaviors.
– Significant vulnerabilities relate to unauthorized access to system resources and sensitive data.
5. **Action Required**:
– Users are encouraged to update to the latest macOS Sonoma version to secure their systems against the identified vulnerabilities.
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