CVE-2024-40594 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

The OpenAI ChatGPT app before 2024-07-05 for macOS opts out of the sandbox, and stores conversations in cleartext in a location accessible to other apps.

Published: 2024-07-06

Score: 2.3 Low

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Remediation

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2024-38530	The OpenAI ChatGPT app before 2024-07-05 for macOS opts out of the sandbox, and stores conversations in cleartext in a location accessible to other apps.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required High

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00015.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
https://arstechnica.com/ai/2024/07/chatgpts-much-heralded-mac-app-was-storing-conversations-as-plain-text/
https://www.theverge.com/2024/7/3/24191636/openai-chatgpt-mac-app-conversations-plain-text

History

Mon, 04 Nov 2024 21:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Weaknesses		CWE-312

Subscriptions

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2024-07-06T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-11-04T20:55:16.585Z

Reserved: 2024-07-06T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2024-40594

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T04:33:11.677Z

NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2024-07-06T05:15:09.670

Modified: 2026-04-15T00:35:42.020

Link: CVE-2024-40594

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-312

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