Local privilege escalation
Published Jul 29, 2024 · Updated Apr 2, 2026
Privilege management flaw in PackageKit in Apple macOS allows local users to elevate privileges on affected Monterey, Ventura, and Sonoma systems. Apple states only that improved checks addressed the issue and has not published the PackageKit locus or operation that mishandles attacker-controlled input. Exploitation requires local low-privileged access; the published consequence is privilege elevation, while the exact gained privilege is unspecified.
Summary
What happened
Privilege management flaw in PackageKit in Apple macOS allows local users to elevate privileges on affected Monterey, Ventura, and Sonoma systems. Apple states only that improved checks addressed the issue and has not published the PackageKit locus or operation that mishandles attacker-controlled input. Exploitation requires local low-privileged access; the published consequence is privilege elevation, while the exact gained privilege is unspecified.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2024-40802
- Published
- Jul 29, 2024
- Updated
- Apr 2, 2026
- Vendor
- Apple
- Product
- macOS
- Classifications
- CWE-269, T1068
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Jul 29, 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 <12.7.6
- Affected versionversion=0 <13.6.8
- Affected versionversion=0 <14.6
- Affected versionversion=12.0 <12.7.6
- Affected versionversion=13.0 <13.6.8
- Affected versionversion=14.0 <14.6
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