Local access to protected file-system content
Published Mar 8, 2024 · Updated Apr 2, 2026
Information disclosure in macOS allows local users to read protected files on Monterey before 12.7.4, Ventura before 13.6.5, and Sonoma before 14.4. Apple identifies Storage Services as the affected component and says a logic issue required improved checks, but it does not disclose the faulty operation or input path. Exploitation requires local low-privileged access; the published impact is confidentiality-only access to protected file-system areas, with no reported write or availability impact.
Summary
What happened
Information disclosure in macOS allows local users to read protected files on Monterey before 12.7.4, Ventura before 13.6.5, and Sonoma before 14.4. Apple identifies Storage Services as the affected component and says a logic issue required improved checks, but it does not disclose the faulty operation or input path. Exploitation requires local low-privileged access; the published impact is confidentiality-only access to protected file-system areas, with no reported write or availability impact.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2024-23272
- Published
- Mar 8, 2024
- Updated
- Apr 2, 2026
- Vendor
- Apple
- Product
- macOS
- Classifications
- T1005
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Mar 8, 2024CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Apr 2, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
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- Affected versionversion=0 <12.7.4
- Affected versionversion=0 <13.6.5
- Affected versionversion=0 <14.4
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