A vulnerability was found in Apple iOS and iPadOS up to 16.4.1 (Smartphone Operating System) and classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is an unknown code block of the component Sandbox. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a improper authorization vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-285. The product does not perform or incorrectly performs an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The weakness was shared 05/18/2023 by Yiğit Can YILMAZ as HT213757 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is available at support.apple.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2023-32357. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. The structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 05/20/2023). It is expected to see the exploit prices for this product increasing in the near future.This vulnerability is assigned to T1548.002 by the MITRE ATT&CK project. The advisory points out:

An app may be able to retain access to system configuration files even after its permission is revoked

Upgrading to version 16.5 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability. The advisory contains the following remark:

An authorization issue was addressed with improved state management.

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• 16.4.0
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