| CVSS Meta Temp Score | Current Exploit Price (≈) | CTI Interest Score |
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Summary
A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Apple tvOS. This issue affects some unknown processing. The manipulation leads to permission. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2023-40454. The attack must be carried out locally. There is no available exploit. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.
Details
A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Apple tvOS (Digital Media Player) (affected version unknown). This issue affects an unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a permission vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-275. Impacted is integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:
A permissions issue was addressed with additional restrictions. This issue is fixed in macOS Ventura 13.6, tvOS 17, iOS 16.7 and iPadOS 16.7, macOS Monterey 12.7, watchOS 10, iOS 17 and iPadOS 17, macOS Sonoma 14. An app may be able to delete files for which it does not have permission.
The weakness was presented 09/27/2023. It is possible to read the advisory at support.apple.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2023-40454 since 08/14/2023. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1222 according to MITRE ATT&CK.
Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.
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Product
Type
Vendor
Name
License
Website
- Vendor: https://www.apple.com/
CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
CVSSv4
VulDB Vector: 🔍VulDB Reliability: 🔍
CVSSv3
VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.7VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.6
VulDB Base Score: 4.4
VulDB Temp Score: 4.2
VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍
NVD Base Score: 7.1
NVD Vector: 🔍
CVSSv2
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Exploiting
Class: PermissionCWE: CWE-275 / CWE-266
CAPEC: 🔍
ATT&CK: 🔍
Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: Partially
Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined
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Threat Intelligence
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Countermeasures
Recommended: UpgradeStatus: 🔍
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Timeline
08/14/2023 🔍09/27/2023 🔍
09/27/2023 🔍
11/06/2025 🔍
Sources
Vendor: apple.comAdvisory: support.apple.com
Status: Confirmed
CVE: CVE-2023-40454 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2023-40454
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-240563
Entry
Created: 09/27/2023 18:44Updated: 11/06/2025 20:47
Changes: 09/27/2023 18:44 (38), 10/20/2023 07:57 (11), 11/06/2025 20:47 (16)
Complete: 🔍
Cache ID: 216::103
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