CVEvulnerability
CVE-2023-41968
5.5 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2023-09-27
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 5.5 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-59
Description
This issue was addressed with improved validation of symlinks. This issue is fixed in macOS Ventura 13.6, tvOS 17, macOS Monterey 12.7, watchOS 10, iOS 17 and iPadOS 17, macOS Sonoma 14. An app may be able to read arbitrary files.
Affected configurations
• apple ipados (< 17.0)
• apple iphone os (< 17.0)
• apple macos (>= 12.0.0 < 12.7)
• apple macos (>= 13.0 < 13.6)
• apple tvos (< 17.0)
• apple watchos (< 10.0)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-59 Improper Link Resolution Before File Access weakness
References
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/10 seclists.org
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/3 seclists.org
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/5 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/6 seclists.org
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/8 seclists.org
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/9 seclists.org
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213931 Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213932 Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213936 Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213937 Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213938 Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213940 Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/10 seclists.org
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/3 seclists.org
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/5 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/6 seclists.org
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/8 seclists.org
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/9 seclists.org
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213931 Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213932 Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213936 Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213937 Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213938 Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213940 Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213931 support.apple.com
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213932 support.apple.com
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213937 support.apple.com
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213938 support.apple.com
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213940 support.apple.com