Apple macOS up to 14.1 Remote Login Session permission

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as critical has been detected in Apple macOS up to 14.1. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component Remote Login Session Handler. This manipulation causes permission. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2023-42913. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Apple macOS up to 14.1 and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown functionality of the component Remote Login Session Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a permission vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-275. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

This issue was addressed through improved state management. This issue is fixed in macOS Sonoma 14.2. Remote Login sessions may be able to obtain full disk access permissions.

It is possible to read the advisory at support.apple.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2023-42913 since 09/14/2023. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. 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 03/28/2024). The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1222 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

Upgrading to version 14.2 eliminates this vulnerability.

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VulDB Meta Temp Score: 8.6

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Class: Permission
CWE: CWE-275 / CWE-266
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: macOS 14.2

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09/14/2023 🔍
03/28/2024 +196 days 🔍
03/28/2024 +0 days 🔍
05/07/2024 +40 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: support.apple.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2023-42913 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2023-42913
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-258547
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20180712

Entryinfo

Created: 03/28/2024 17:01
Updated: 05/07/2024 12:22
Changes: 03/28/2024 17:01 (56), 05/07/2024 12:22 (10)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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