Apple macOS up to 13.6.3/14.1 information disclosure

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as problematic has been detected in Apple macOS up to 13.6.3/14.1. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality. The manipulation leads to information disclosure. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2023-42887. The attack must be carried out locally. There is no available exploit. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Apple macOS up to 13.6.3/14.1 (Operating System). This issue affects some unknown functionality. 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 summary by CVE is:

An access issue was addressed with additional sandbox restrictions. This issue is fixed in macOS Ventura 13.6.4, macOS Sonoma 14.2. An app may be able to read arbitrary files.

The weakness was presented 01/23/2024. The advisory is shared at support.apple.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2023-42887 since 09/14/2023. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1592 for this issue.

Upgrading to version 13.6 or 14.2 eliminates this vulnerability.

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Class: Information disclosure
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: Partially

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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: macOS 13.6/14.2

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09/14/2023 🔍
01/23/2024 +131 days 🔍
01/23/2024 +0 days 🔍
06/16/2025 +510 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: support.apple.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2023-42887 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2023-42887
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-251813
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20180712

Entryinfo

Created: 01/23/2024 07:27
Updated: 06/16/2025 23:35
Changes: 01/23/2024 07:27 (41), 02/16/2024 20:36 (11), 06/16/2025 23:35 (16)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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