CVE-2023-42942
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2024-02-21 06:41
Modified
2024-08-27 16:00
Severity ?
7.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
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.
References
product-security@apple.comhttps://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213981
product-security@apple.comhttps://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213982
product-security@apple.comhttps://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213984
product-security@apple.comhttps://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213985
product-security@apple.comhttps://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213987
product-security@apple.comhttps://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213988
Impacted products
AppleiOS and iPadOS
AppletvOS
ApplemacOS
ApplewatchOS
ApplemacOS
AppleiOS and iPadOS
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