About the security content of macOS Monterey 12.7.5

This document describes the security content of macOS Monterey 12.7.5.

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macOS Monterey 12.7.5

Core Data

Available for: macOS Monterey

Impact: An app may be able to access sensitive user data

Description: An issue was addressed with improved validation of environment variables.

CVE-2024-27805: Kirin (@Pwnrin) and 小来来 (@Smi1eSEC)

CoreMedia

Available for: macOS Monterey

Impact: An app may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges

Description: The issue was addressed with improved checks.

CVE-2024-27817: pattern-f (@pattern_F_) of Ant Security Light-Year Lab

CoreMedia

Available for: macOS Monterey

Impact: Processing a file may lead to unexpected app termination or arbitrary code execution

Description: An out-of-bounds write issue was addressed with improved input validation.

CVE-2024-27831: Amir Bazine and Karsten König of CrowdStrike Counter Adversary Operations

Disk Management

Available for: macOS Monterey

Impact: A user may be able to elevate privileges

Description: An authorization issue was addressed with improved state management.

CVE-2024-27798: Yann GASCUEL of Alter Solutions

Find My

Available for: macOS Monterey

Impact: A malicious application may be able to access Find My data

Description: This issue was addressed with improved redaction of sensitive information.

CVE-2024-23229: Joshua Jewett (@JoshJewett33)

Foundation

Available for: macOS Monterey

Impact: An app may be able to access user-sensitive data

Description: A logic issue was addressed with improved checks.

CVE-2024-27789: Mickey Jin (@patch1t)

IOHIDFamily

Available for: macOS Monterey

Impact: An unprivileged app may be able to log keystrokes in other apps including those using secure input mode

Description: This issue was addressed with additional entitlement checks.

CVE-2024-27799: an anonymous researcher

Kernel

Available for: macOS Monterey

Impact: An attacker that has already achieved kernel code execution may be able to bypass kernel memory protections

Description: The issue was addressed with improved memory handling.

CVE-2024-27840: an anonymous researcher

Kernel

Available for: macOS Monterey

Impact: An attacker in a privileged network position may be able to spoof network packets

Description: A race condition was addressed with improved locking.

CVE-2024-27823: Prof. Benny Pinkas of Bar-Ilan University, Prof. Amit Klein of Hebrew University, and EP

Maps

Available for: macOS Monterey

Impact: An app may be able to read sensitive location information

Description: A path handling issue was addressed with improved validation.

CVE-2024-27810: LFY@secsys of Fudan University

Messages

Available for: macOS Monterey

Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted message may lead to a denial-of-service

Description: This issue was addressed by removing the vulnerable code.

CVE-2024-27800: Daniel Zajork and Joshua Zajork

Metal

Available for: macOS Monterey

Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted file may lead to unexpected app termination or arbitrary code execution

Description: An out-of-bounds read was addressed with improved input validation.

CVE-2024-27802: Meysam Firouzi (@R00tkitsmm) working with Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative

PackageKit

Available for: macOS Monterey

Impact: An app may be able to modify protected parts of the file system

Description: This issue was addressed with improved validation of symlinks.

CVE-2024-27885: Mickey Jin (@patch1t)

PackageKit

Available for: macOS Monterey

Impact: An app may be able to elevate privileges

Description: This issue was addressed by removing the vulnerable code.

CVE-2024-27824: Pedro Tôrres (@t0rr3sp3dr0)

SharedFileList

Available for: macOS Monterey

Impact: An app may be able to elevate privileges

Description: A logic issue was addressed with improved checks.

CVE-2024-27843: Mickey Jin (@patch1t)

Spotlight

Available for: macOS Monterey

Impact: An app may be able to access sensitive user data

Description: This issue was addressed with improved environment sanitization.

CVE-2024-27806

Sync Services

Available for: macOS Monterey

Impact: An app may be able to bypass Privacy preferences

Description: This issue was addressed with improved checks

CVE-2024-27847: Mickey Jin (@patch1t)

Voice Control

Available for: macOS Monterey

Impact: A user may be able to elevate privileges

Description: The issue was addressed with improved checks.

CVE-2024-27796: ajajfxhj

Additional recognition

App Store

We would like to acknowledge an anonymous researcher for their assistance.