What is CVE-2024-31952?

CVE-2024-31952 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Apple Macos, classified under Improper Link Resolution Before File Access. CVSS score: 6.7/10. Published 2024-05-14.

How severe is CVE-2024-31952?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.7 out of 10.

Is CVE-2024-31952 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Vulnerability in Apple Macos

CVE-2024-31952

An issue was discovered in Samsung Magician 8.0.0 on macOS. Because symlinks are used during the installation process, an attacker can escalate privileges via arbitrary file permission writes. (The attacker must already have user privilege…

EPSS: 0.002 (6.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.7 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Apple Macos
Samsung Magician — versions 8.0.0
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-59 — Improper Link Resolution Before File Access

Public proof-of-concept exploits

pwn2carr/pwn2carr

References

cve@mitre.org (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-31952?: CVE-2024-31952 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Apple Macos, classified under Improper Link Resolution Before File Access. CVSS score: 6.7/10. Published 2024-05-14.
How severe is CVE-2024-31952?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.7 out of 10.
Is CVE-2024-31952 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.