CVE-2024-22405 (CVSS 5.5)

Description

XADMaster is an objective-C library for archive and file unarchiving and extraction. When extracting a specially crafted zip archive XADMaster may not apply quarantine attribute correctly. Such behaviour may circumvent Gatekeeper checks on the system. Only macOS installations are affected. This issue was fixed in XADMaster 1.10.8. It is recommended to upgrade to the latest version. There are no known workarounds for this issue.

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CVSS v3.1 Score

5.5

MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Weakness Type (CWE)

CWE-281 CWE-281

References

Other References

https://github.com/MacPaw/XADMaster/commit/b75c05bc3bca9e183ecd3c512e270ce93006da3c https://github.com/MacPaw/XADMaster/security/advisories/GHSA-xg3c-r7w5-7xw2 https://github.com/MacPaw/XADMaster/commit/b75c05bc3bca9e183ecd3c512e270ce93006da3c https://github.com/MacPaw/XADMaster/security/advisories/GHSA-xg3c-r7w5-7xw2

Frequently Asked Questions

What is CVE-2024-22405? +

XADMaster is an objective-C library for archive and file unarchiving and extraction. When extracting a specially crafted zip archive XADMaster may not apply quarantine attribute correctly. Such behaviour may circumvent Gatekeeper checks on the system. Only macOS installations are affected. This issue was fixed in XADMaster 1.10.8. It is recommended to upgrade to the latest version. There are no known workarounds for this issue. It has a CVSS v3.1 base score of 5.5 (MEDIUM).

How severe is CVE-2024-22405? +

CVE-2024-22405 has a CVSS v3.1 score of 5.5 out of 10, rated MEDIUM. This is a medium-severity vulnerability that should be remediated as part of regular maintenance.

How do I check if I'm vulnerable to CVE-2024-22405? +

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