CVEvulnerability
CVE-2023-42844
7.5 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2023-10-25
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 7.5 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-59
Description
This issue was addressed with improved handling of symlinks. This issue is fixed in macOS Sonoma 14.1, macOS Monterey 12.7.1, macOS Ventura 13.6.1. A website may be able to access sensitive user data when resolving symlinks.
Affected configurations
• apple macos (>= 12.0.0 < 12.7.1)
• apple macos (>= 13.0 < 13.6.1)
• apple macos (>= 14.0 < 14.1)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-59 Improper Link Resolution Before File Access weakness
References
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/21 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/24 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/26 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213983 Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213984 Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213985 Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213983 Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213984 Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213985 Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/21 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/24 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/26 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213983 Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213984 Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213985 Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213983 Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213984 Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213985 Release Notes, Vendor Advisory