| CVSS Meta Temp Score | Current Exploit Price (≈) | CTI Interest Score |
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| 4.3 | $0-$5k | 0.00 |
Summary
A vulnerability was found in Apple iOS and iPadOS. It has been rated as critical. This affects an unknown part. This manipulation causes symlink. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2023-41968. The attack requires local access. There is no available exploit. Upgrading the affected component is advised.
Details
A vulnerability has been found in Apple iOS and iPadOS (Smartphone Operating System) (version unknown) and classified as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown function. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a symlink vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-61. The product, when opening a file or directory, does not sufficiently account for when the file is a symbolic link that resolves to a target outside of the intended control sphere. This could allow an attacker to cause the product to operate on unauthorized files. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:
This issue was addressed with improved validation of symlinks. This issue is fixed in macOS Ventura 13.6, tvOS 17, macOS Monterey 12.7, watchOS 10, iOS 17 and iPadOS 17, macOS Sonoma 14. An app may be able to read arbitrary files.
The weakness was presented 09/27/2023. It is possible to read the advisory at support.apple.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2023-41968 since 09/14/2023. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 10/20/2023). It is expected to see the exploit prices for this product increasing in the near future.
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
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CVSSv3
VulDB Meta Base Score: 4.4VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.3
VulDB Base Score: 3.3
VulDB Temp Score: 3.2
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NVD Base Score: 5.5
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Exploiting
Class: SymlinkCWE: CWE-61 / CWE-59
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: Partially
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Status: Not defined
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Threat Intelligence
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Countermeasures
Recommended: UpgradeStatus: 🔍
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Timeline
09/14/2023 🔍09/27/2023 🔍
09/27/2023 🔍
10/20/2023 🔍
Sources
Vendor: apple.comAdvisory: support.apple.com
Status: Confirmed
CVE: CVE-2023-41968 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2023-41968
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-240583
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20150917
Entry
Created: 09/27/2023 18:44Updated: 10/20/2023 08:52
Changes: 09/27/2023 18:44 (39), 10/20/2023 08:52 (11)
Complete: 🔍
Cache ID: 216::103
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