| CVSS Meta Temp Score | Current Exploit Price (≈) | CTI Interest Score |
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Summary
A vulnerability identified as critical has been detected in Apple macOS. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component App Handler. The manipulation leads to permission. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2023-42893. The attack must be carried out locally. There is no available exploit. You should upgrade the affected component.
Details
A vulnerability was found in Apple macOS (affected version not known). It has been rated as critical. This issue affects some unknown functionality of the component App Handler. 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. The summary by CVE is:
A permissions issue was addressed by removing vulnerable code and adding additional checks. This issue is fixed in macOS Monterey 12.7.2, macOS Ventura 13.6.3, iOS 17.2 and iPadOS 17.2, iOS 16.7.3 and iPadOS 16.7.3, tvOS 17.2, watchOS 10.2, macOS Sonoma 14.2. An app may be able to access protected user data.
The advisory is shared at support.apple.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2023-42893 since 09/14/2023. The exploitation is known to be easy. An attack has to be approached locally. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1222 for this issue.
The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 214267 (macOS 14.x < 14.5 Multiple Vulnerabilities (120903)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.
Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.
The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (214267). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.
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: 5.4VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.4
VulDB Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Temp Score: 5.1
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NVD Base Score: 5.5
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CNA Base Score: 5.5
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CVSSv2
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Exploiting
Class: PermissionCWE: CWE-275 / CWE-266
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ATT&CK: 🔍
Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: Partially
Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined
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Nessus ID: 214267
Nessus Name: macOS 14.x < 14.5 Multiple Vulnerabilities (120903)
Threat Intelligence
Interest: 🔍Active Actors: 🔍
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Countermeasures
Recommended: UpgradeStatus: 🔍
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Timeline
09/14/2023 🔍03/28/2024 🔍
03/28/2024 🔍
01/16/2025 🔍
Sources
Vendor: apple.comAdvisory: support.apple.com
Status: Confirmed
CVE: CVE-2023-42893 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2023-42893
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-258533
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20180712
Entry
Created: 03/28/2024 17:00Updated: 01/16/2025 18:49
Changes: 03/28/2024 17:00 (54), 05/07/2024 10:45 (11), 06/11/2024 13:23 (1), 08/27/2024 21:23 (11), 01/16/2025 18:49 (2)
Complete: 🔍
Cache ID: 216::103
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