CVE-2023-40438

2024-01-1022:15:48

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macos

sonoma

ios

ipados

temporary files

security

cve-2023-40438

nvd

5.5 Medium

CVSS3

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

REQUIRED

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

NONE

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

4.8 Medium

AI Score

Confidence

Low

0.001 Low

EPSS

Percentile

20.6%

JSON

An issue was addressed with improved handling of temporary files. This issue is fixed in macOS Sonoma 14, iOS 16.7 and iPadOS 16.7. An app may be able to access edited photos saved to a temporary directory.

Affected configurations

Vulners

NVD

Node

appleiphone_osRange<16.7

appleipad_osRange<16.7

VendorProductVersionCPE
appleiphone_os*cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
appleipad_os*cpe:2.3:o:apple:ipad_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Vendor	Product	Version	CPE
apple	iphone_os	*	cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os::::::::
apple	ipad_os	*	cpe:2.3:o:apple:ipad_os::::::::

CNA Affected

[
  {
    "vendor": "Apple",
    "product": "iOS and iPadOS",
    "versions": [
      {
        "version": "unspecified",
        "status": "affected",
        "lessThan": "16.7",
        "versionType": "custom"
      }
    ]
  },
  {
    "vendor": "Apple",
    "product": "macOS",
    "versions": [
      {
        "version": "unspecified",
        "status": "affected",
        "lessThan": "14",
        "versionType": "custom"
      }
    ]
  }
]