CVE-2023-42942

CWE-599 documents4 sources
Severity
7.8HIGH
EPSS
0.1%
top 68.19%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
7
Apple IOS AND IpadosApple MacosApple Tvos+4 more
Timeline
PublishedFeb 21

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.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages10 packages

▶CVEListV5apple/macosunspecified — 14.1+1
▶NVDapple/macos13.0 — 13.6.1+1
▶NVDapple/ipad_os< 16.7.2
▶CVEListV5apple/ios_and_ipadosunspecified — 16.7+1
▶NVDapple/ipados17.0

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-gqvf-8g7j-7gh5: This issue was addressed with improved handling of symlinks↗2024-02-21
▶
CVEList
CVE-2023-42942: This issue was addressed with improved handling of symlinks↗2024-02-21
▶

📋Vendor Advisories

6
Apple
CVE-2023-42942: macOS Ventura 13.6.1↗2023-10-25
▶
Apple
CVE-2023-42942: watchOS 10.1↗2023-10-25
▶
Apple
CVE-2023-42942: macOS Sonoma 14.1↗2023-10-25
▶
Apple
CVE-2023-42942: iOS 17.1 and iPadOS 17.1↗2023-10-25
▶
Apple
CVE-2023-42942: iOS 16.7.2 and iPadOS 16.7.2↗2023-10-25
▶
CVE-2023-42942 (HIGH CVSS 7.8) | This issue was addressed with impro | cvebase.io