CVEvulnerability
CVE-2023-42942
7.8 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2024-02-21
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 7.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 3.1 (134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0)
- 7.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-59
Description
This issue was addressed with improved handling of symlinks. This issue is fixed in watchOS 10.1, macOS Sonoma 14.1, tvOS 17.1, iOS 16.7.2 and iPadOS 16.7.2, iOS 17.1 and iPadOS 17.1, macOS Ventura 13.6.1. A malicious app may be able to gain root privileges.
Affected configurations
• apple ipad os (< 16.7.2)
• apple ipados 17.0
• apple iphone os (< 16.7.2)
• apple iphone os 17.0
• apple macos (>= 13.0 < 13.6.1)
• apple macos 14.0
• apple tvos (<= 17.1)
• apple watchos (< 10.1)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-59 Improper Link Resolution Before File Access weakness
References
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213981 Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213982 Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213984 Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213985 Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213987 Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213988 Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213981 Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213982 Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213984 Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213985 Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213987 Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213988 Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213982 support.apple.com
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213984 support.apple.com
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213988 support.apple.com