Apple iOS/iPadOS up to 16.7.6 App permission

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A vulnerability categorized as critical has been discovered in Apple iOS and iPadOS. This affects an unknown function of the component App. Such manipulation leads to permission. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2023-42872. Local access is required to approach this attack. No exploit exists. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Apple iOS and iPadOS (Smartphone Operating System) and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown functionality of the component App. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a permission vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-275. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

The issue was addressed with additional permissions checks. This issue is fixed in macOS Sonoma 14, iOS 17 and iPadOS 17. An app may be able to access sensitive user data.

The weakness was disclosed 01/11/2024. The advisory is shared for download at support.apple.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2023-42872 since 09/14/2023. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $5k-$25k (estimation calculated on 06/04/2025). It is expected to see the exploit prices for this product increasing in the near future.The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1222.

Upgrading to version 17.0 eliminates this vulnerability.

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Productinfo

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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