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GHSA-GQVF-8G7J-7GH5

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2024-02-21 09:31 – Updated: 2025-11-04 21:31

Details

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.

Severity ?

7.8 (High)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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CVE-2023-42942 (GCVE-0-2023-42942)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-02-21 06:41 – Updated: 2025-11-04 19:24

Summary

Severity ?

7.8 (High)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CWE

A malicious app may be able to gain root privileges

Assigner

apple

References

URL

Tags

	https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213981
	https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213987
	https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213984
	https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213988
	https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213985
	https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213982

Impacted products

Vendor

Product

Version

Apple

iOS and iPadOS

Affected: unspecified , < 16.7 (custom)

Apple	tvOS	Affected: unspecified , < 17.1 (custom)
Apple	macOS	Affected: unspecified , < 14.1 (custom)
Apple	watchOS	Affected: unspecified , < 10.1 (custom)
Apple	macOS	Affected: unspecified , < 13.6 (custom)
Apple	iOS and iPadOS	Affected: unspecified , < 17.1 (custom)

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CVE-2023-42942 (GCVE-0-2023-42942)

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