CVE-2023-42935 — Improper Authentication in Apple Macos

CWE-287 — Improper Authentication4 documents3 sources
Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.0%
top 85.89%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
3
Apple MacosApple Macos SonomaApple Macos Ventura
Timeline
PublishedJan 23

Description

An authentication issue was addressed with improved state management. This issue is fixed in macOS Ventura 13.6.4. A local attacker may be able to view the previous logged in user’s desktop from the fast user switching screen.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:NExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages4 packages

▶Appleapple/macos_ventura13.6.4
▶CVEListV5apple/macosunspecified — 13.6
▶NVDapple/macos13.0 — 13.6.4+1
▶Appleapple/macos_sonoma14.1

🔴Vulnerability Details

1
GHSA
GHSA-x8jc-9x8v-27f5: An authentication issue was addressed with improved state management↗2024-01-23
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📋Vendor Advisories

2
Apple
CVE-2023-42935: macOS Ventura 13.6.4↗2024-01-22
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Apple
CVE-2023-42935: macOS Sonoma 14.1↗2023-10-25
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