CVE-2023-42942

2024-02-2106:41:01

apple

www.cve.org

cve-2023-42942

symlink handling

privilege escalation

watchos 10.1

macos sonoma 14.1

tvos 17.1

ios 16.7.2

ipados 16.7.2

macos ventura 13.6.1

7.3 High

AI Score

Confidence

High

0.0004 Low

EPSS

Percentile

10.4%

JSON

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.

CNA Affected

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    "versions": [
      {
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        "status": "affected",
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        "versionType": "custom"
      }
    ]
  },
  {
    "vendor": "Apple",
    "product": "tvOS",
    "versions": [
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        "version": "unspecified",
        "status": "affected",
        "lessThan": "17.1",
        "versionType": "custom"
      }
    ]
  },
  {
    "vendor": "Apple",
    "product": "macOS",
    "versions": [
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        "version": "unspecified",
        "status": "affected",
        "lessThan": "14.1",
        "versionType": "custom"
      }
    ]
  },
  {
    "vendor": "Apple",
    "product": "watchOS",
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        "version": "unspecified",
        "status": "affected",
        "lessThan": "10.1",
        "versionType": "custom"
      }
    ]
  },
  {
    "vendor": "Apple",
    "product": "macOS",
    "versions": [
      {
        "version": "unspecified",
        "status": "affected",
        "lessThan": "13.6",
        "versionType": "custom"
      }
    ]
  },
  {
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]