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CVE-2023-41991
published 2023-09-21

CVE-2023-41991: A certificate validation issue was addressed. This issue is fixed in macOS Ventura 13.6, iOS 16.7 and iPadOS 16.7. A malicious app may be able to bypass…

PriorityP179medium5.5CVSS 3.1
AVLACLPRNUIRSUCNIHAN
KEVITWEXPLOIT
CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilitydue 2023-10-16
Exploited in the wild
EPSS
13.38%
96.4th percentile
A certificate validation issue was addressed. This issue is fixed in macOS Ventura 13.6, iOS 16.7 and iPadOS 16.7. A malicious app may be able to bypass signature validation. Apple is aware of a report that this issue may have been actively exploited against versions of iOS before iOS 16.7.

Affected

12 ranges
VendorProductVersion rangeFixed in
appleios_16.7_and_ipados——
appleios_17.0.1_and_ipados——
appleios_and_ipados>= unspecified < 16.716.7
appleipados< 16.716.7
appleipados——
appleiphone_os< 16.716.7
appleiphone_os——
applemacos>= 13.0 < 13.613.6
applemacos>= unspecified < 13.613.6
applemacos_ventura——
applewatchos——
applewatchos——

Detection & IOCsextracted from sources · hover to see the quote

domainsec-flare[.]com↗
  • →CVE-2023-41991 is the second stage in a three-vulnerability iOS exploit chain. Detection should consider the full chain: CVE-2023-41993 (Safari RCE) → CVE-2023-41991 (certificate validation bypass) → CVE-2023-41992 (XNU kernel LPE). Look for anomalous process spawning from Safari followed by privilege escalation indicators. ↗
  • →The exploit chain ran a small binary post-exploitation to decide whether to install the full Predator implant. Hunt for unexpected small binaries executing on iOS devices following browser activity. ↗
  • ·The Predator implant payload itself was not captured by TAG, limiting full IOC coverage. Detection based solely on the known redirect domains may miss variants or updated infrastructure. ↗

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.15.5MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
vulncheck5.5MEDIUM
cisa5.5MEDIUM
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