The remote host is running a version of macOS / Mac OS X that is 12.x prior to 12.7.5. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities:

  - An issue was addressed with improved validation of environment variables. This issue is fixed in macOS     Ventura 13.6.7, macOS Monterey 12.7.5, iOS 16.7.8 and iPadOS 16.7.8, tvOS 17.5, iOS 17.5 and iPadOS 17.5,     watchOS 10.5, macOS Sonoma 14.5. An app may be able to access sensitive user data. (CVE-2024-27805)

  - The issue was addressed with improved checks. This issue is fixed in macOS Ventura 13.6.7, macOS Monterey     12.7.5, iOS 16.7.8 and iPadOS 16.7.8, tvOS 17.5, visionOS 1.2, iOS 17.5 and iPadOS 17.5, macOS Sonoma     14.5. An app may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges. (CVE-2024-27817)

  - An out-of-bounds write issue was addressed with improved input validation. This issue is fixed in macOS     Ventura 13.6.7, macOS Monterey 12.7.5, iOS 16.7.8 and iPadOS 16.7.8, tvOS 17.5, visionOS 1.2, iOS 17.5 and     iPadOS 17.5, macOS Sonoma 14.5. Processing a file may lead to unexpected app termination or arbitrary code     execution. (CVE-2024-27831)

  - An authorization issue was addressed with improved state management. This issue is fixed in macOS Sonoma     14.5. An attacker may be able to elevate privileges. (CVE-2024-27798)

  - This issue was addressed with improved redaction of sensitive information. This issue is fixed in macOS     Monterey 12.7.5, macOS Ventura 13.6.5, macOS Sonoma 14.4. A malicious application may be able to access     Find My data. (CVE-2024-23229)

  - A logic issue was addressed with improved checks. This issue is fixed in iOS 16.7.8 and iPadOS 16.7.8,     macOS Monterey 12.7.5, macOS Ventura 13.6.7, macOS Sonoma 14.4. An app may be able to access user-     sensitive data. (CVE-2024-27789)

  - This issue was addressed with additional entitlement checks. This issue is fixed in macOS Sonoma 14.5,     macOS Ventura 13.6.7, macOS Monterey 12.7.5, iOS 16.7.8 and iPadOS 16.7.8. An unprivileged app may be able     to log keystrokes in other apps including those using secure input mode. (CVE-2024-27799)

  - The issue was addressed with improved memory handling. This issue is fixed in macOS Ventura 13.6.7, macOS     Monterey 12.7.5, iOS 16.7.8 and iPadOS 16.7.8, tvOS 17.5, visionOS 1.2, iOS 17.5 and iPadOS 17.5, watchOS     10.5. An attacker that has already achieved kernel code execution may be able to bypass kernel memory     protections. (CVE-2024-27840)

  - A path handling issue was addressed with improved validation. This issue is fixed in iOS 17.5 and iPadOS     17.5, tvOS 17.5, watchOS 10.5, macOS Sonoma 14.5. An app may be able to read sensitive location     information. (CVE-2024-27810)

  - This issue was addressed by removing the vulnerable code. This issue is fixed in macOS Ventura 13.6.7,     macOS Monterey 12.7.5, iOS 16.7.8 and iPadOS 16.7.8, tvOS 17.5, visionOS 1.2, iOS 17.5 and iPadOS 17.5,     watchOS 10.5, macOS Sonoma 14.5. Processing a maliciously crafted message may lead to a denial-of-service.
    (CVE-2024-27800)

  - An out-of-bounds read was addressed with improved input validation. This issue is fixed in macOS Ventura     13.6.7, macOS Monterey 12.7.5, iOS 16.7.8 and iPadOS 16.7.8, tvOS 17.5, visionOS 1.2, iOS 17.5 and iPadOS     17.5, macOS Sonoma 14.5. Processing a maliciously crafted file may lead to unexpected app termination or     arbitrary code execution. (CVE-2024-27802)

  - This issue was addressed with improved validation of symlinks. This issue is fixed in macOS Sonoma 14.5,     macOS Ventura 13.6.7, macOS Monterey 12.7.5. An app may be able to modify protected parts of the file     system. (CVE-2024-27885)

  - This issue was addressed by removing the vulnerable code. This issue is fixed in macOS Sonoma 14.5. An app     may be able to elevate privileges. (CVE-2024-27824)

  - A logic issue was addressed with improved checks. This issue is fixed in macOS Sonoma 14.5. An app may be     able to elevate privileges. (CVE-2024-27843)

  - This issue was addressed with improved environment sanitization. This issue is fixed in macOS Ventura     13.6.7, macOS Monterey 12.7.5, iOS 16.7.8 and iPadOS 16.7.8, tvOS 17.5, iOS 17.5 and iPadOS 17.5, watchOS     10.5, macOS Sonoma 14.5. An app may be able to access sensitive user data. (CVE-2024-27806)

  - This issue was addressed with improved checks This issue is fixed in iOS 17.5 and iPadOS 17.5, macOS     Sonoma 14.5. An app may be able to bypass Privacy preferences. (CVE-2024-27847)

  - The issue was addressed with improved checks. This issue is fixed in iOS 17.5 and iPadOS 17.5, macOS     Sonoma 14.5. An attacker may be able to elevate privileges. (CVE-2024-27796)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the operating system's self-reported version number.

Detections

Analytics

macOS 12.x < 12.7.5 Multiple Vulnerabilities (HT214105)

high Nessus Plugin ID 196910

Version 1.2

Version 1.1

Version 1.0

Version 1.2 Jun 14, 2024, 12:00 AM CVE (set "CVE" coverage to "CVE-2024-23229,CVE-2024-27789,CVE-2024-27796,CVE-2024-27798,CVE-2024-27799,CVE-2024-27800,CVE-2024-27802,CVE-2024-27805,CVE-2024-27806,CVE-2024-27810,CVE-2024-27817,CVE-2024-27824,CVE-2024-27831,CVE-2024-27840,CVE-2024-27843,CVE-2024-27847,CVE-2024-27885") CVSS metrics ("CVSSv2 score" set to 9.3) CVSS metrics ("CVSSv2 vector" set to "CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C") CVSS metrics ("CVSSv3 score" set to 8.4) CVSS metrics ("CVSSv3 vector" set to "CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H") CVSSv2 score source (changed from "CVE-2024-23229" to "CVE-2024-27817") CVSSv2 severity (based on CVE-2024-27817, severity increased from "Medium" to "High") Plugin metadata Plugin Feed: 202406140000
Version 1.1 May 17, 2024, 10:54 AM IAVM reference STIG Severity (set to "I") Plugin Feed: 202405171054
Version 1.0 May 14, 2024, 2:02 AM New Plugin Feed: 202405140202