Apple iOS/iPadOS up to 16.7.6 App access control

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A vulnerability was found in Apple iOS and iPadOS. It has been rated as critical. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component App. The manipulation leads to access control. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2023-38612. Local access is required to approach this attack. No exploit exists. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

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A vulnerability was found in Apple iOS and iPadOS (Smartphone Operating System). It has been rated as critical. This issue affects an unknown function of the component App. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-284. The product does not restrict or incorrectly restricts access to a resource from an unauthorized actor. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

The issue was addressed with improved checks. This issue is fixed in macOS Monterey 12.7, iOS 16.7 and iPadOS 16.7, iOS 17 and iPadOS 17, macOS Sonoma 14, macOS Ventura 13.6. An app may be able to access protected user data.

The weakness was disclosed 01/11/2024. The advisory is shared at support.apple.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2023-38612 since 07/20/2023. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 06/04/2025). It is expected to see the exploit prices for this product increasing in the near future.MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1068 for this issue.

Upgrading to version 17.0 eliminates this vulnerability.

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Type

• Smartphone Operating System

Vendor

• Apple

Name

• iOS
• iPadOS

Version

• 10.15.0
• 12.4.7
• 12.5.2
• 12.5.3
• 12.7
• 13.0
• 13.0.1
• 13.1
• 13.1.1
• 13.2
• 13.3
• 13.3.1
• 13.4
• 13.4.1
• 13.5
• 13.5.1
• 13.6
• 13.7
• 14.0
• 14.2
• 14.3
• 14.4
• 14.4.1
• 14.4.2
• 14.5
• 14.5.0
• 14.5.1
• 14.6
• 14.7
• 14.7.1
• 14.8
• 15
• 15.0
• 15.0.1
• 15.0.2
• 15.1
• 15.2
• 15.2.1
• 15.3
• 15.3.1
• 15.4
• 15.4.1
• 15.5
• 15.6
• 15.6.1
• 15.7
• 15.7.1
• 15.7.4
• 16.2
• 16.3
• 16.3.1
• 16.4
• 16.4.1
• 16.5
• 16.5.1
• 16.6
• 16.6.1
• 16.7
• 16.7.2
• 16.7.3
• 16.7.6

License

• commercial

Website

• Vendor: https://www.apple.com/

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