A permissions issue was addressed with additional restrictions. This issue is fixed in macOS Sequoia 15. An app may be able to access a user's Photos Library.

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Affected Vendors & Products

Vendors Products
Apple
  • Macos

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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References
Link Providers
https://support.apple.com/en-us/121238 cve-icon cve-icon
History

Sun, 13 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics epss

{'score': 0.00034}

 epss

{'score': 0.00036}

Mon, 23 Sep 2024 19:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Apple
Apple macos
Weaknesses CWE-281
CPEs cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Apple
Apple macos
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N'}

Tue, 17 Sep 2024 16:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Mon, 16 Sep 2024 23:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description A permissions issue was addressed with additional restrictions. This issue is fixed in macOS Sequoia 15. An app may be able to access a user's Photos Library.
References
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: apple

Published: 2024-09-16T23:22:30.195Z

Updated: 2025-03-18T14:24:49.165Z

Reserved: 2024-07-10T17:11:04.699Z

Link: CVE-2024-40831

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-09-17T15:14:41.118Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2024-09-17T00:15:48.753

Modified: 2025-03-18T15:15:53.077

Link: CVE-2024-40831

cve-icon Redhat

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