CVE-2024-54520

Summary

CVE-2024-54520 is a newly identified path handling vulnerability that affected older versions of macOS, including Sonoma 14.7 and Sequoia 15.2, as well as macOS Ventura 13.7. This issue allowed applications to overwrite arbitrary files due to insufficient validation. The vulnerability has been rectified in the latest updates to these operating systems, specifically in macOS Sonoma 14.7.2, macOS Sequoia 15.2, and macOS Ventura 13.7.2. Users are strongly recommended to install these updates to mitigate the risk of potential file overwriting attacks.

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