Apple iOS/iPadOS up to 16.3.1 Accessibility information disclosure

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Apple iOS and iPadOS up to 16.3.1. It has been classified as problematic. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component Accessibility. The manipulation leads to information disclosure. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2023-23541. Local access is required to approach this attack. No exploit exists. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Apple iOS and iPadOS up to 16.3.1 (Smartphone Operating System). This issue affects an unknown code block of the component Accessibility. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. Impacted is confidentiality.

The weakness was disclosed 03/27/2023 by Csaba Fitzl as HT213676 as confirmed advisory (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at support.apple.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2023-23541. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1592 according to MITRE ATT&CK. The advisory points out:

An app may be able to access information about a user’s contacts

Upgrading to version 16.4 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability. The advisory contains the following remark:

A privacy issue was addressed with improved private data redaction for log entries.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2023-27641). Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 3.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 3.2

VulDB Base Score: 3.3
VulDB Temp Score: 3.2
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Information disclosure
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Status: Not defined

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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: iOS/iPadOS 16.4

Timelineinfo

01/12/2023 🔍
03/27/2023 +73 days 🔍
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03/29/2023 +2 days 🔍
10/13/2025 +929 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: HT213676
Researcher: Csaba Fitzl
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2023-23541 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2023-23541
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-224327
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scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20150917

Entryinfo

Created: 03/29/2023 09:45
Updated: 10/13/2025 09:01
Changes: 03/29/2023 09:45 (18), 03/29/2023 09:49 (29), 04/16/2023 17:26 (1), 10/13/2025 09:01 (16)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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