Introduction This article discusses a vulnerability, CVE-2024-54471, that was patched as part of the Apple security releases: macOS Sequoia 15.1, macOS Sonoma 14.7.1, and macOS Ventura 13.7.1 (all released on October 28th, 2024). If you use a macOS device and are not on one of these updated versions: update now! This article is going to start with a lot of setup. I need to lay out some definitions and explain several concepts before jumping into the actual exploitation details. If you want, you ...