cve-2023-41979
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2023-09-26 20:14
Modified
2024-09-24 14:43
Severity ?
Summary
A race condition was addressed with improved locking. This issue is fixed in macOS Sonoma 14. An app may be able to modify protected parts of the file system.
References
product-security@apple.comhttp://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/3Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
product-security@apple.comhttps://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213940Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/3Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213940Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
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