| CVSS Meta Temp Score | Current Exploit Price (≈) | CTI Interest Score |
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| 3.2 | $0-$5k | 0.00 |
Summary
A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Apple watchOS. This affects an unknown function. The manipulation leads to permission. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2023-42957. An attack has to be approached locally. There is no exploit available. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.
Details
A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Apple watchOS (affected version unknown). This issue affects an unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a permission vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-275. Impacted is confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:
A permissions issue was addressed with additional restrictions. This issue is fixed in iOS 17 and iPadOS 17, macOS Sonoma 14, watchOS 10. An app may be able to read sensitive location information.
It is possible to read the advisory at support.apple.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2023-42957 since 09/14/2023. The exploitation is known to be easy. Attacking locally is a requirement. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1222 according to MITRE ATT&CK.
Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.
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Product
Type
Vendor
Name
License
Website
- Vendor: https://www.apple.com/
CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
CVSSv4
VulDB Vector: 🔍VulDB Reliability: 🔍
CVSSv3
VulDB Meta Base Score: 3.3VulDB Meta Temp Score: 3.2
VulDB Base Score: 3.3
VulDB Temp Score: 3.2
VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍
NVD Base Score: 3.3
NVD Vector: 🔍
CVSSv2
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Exploiting
Class: PermissionCWE: CWE-275 / CWE-266
CAPEC: 🔍
ATT&CK: 🔍
Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No
Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined
EPSS Score: 🔍
EPSS Percentile: 🔍
Price Prediction: 🔍
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Threat Intelligence
Interest: 🔍Active Actors: 🔍
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Countermeasures
Recommended: UpgradeStatus: 🔍
0-Day Time: 🔍
Timeline
09/14/2023 🔍07/29/2024 🔍
07/29/2024 🔍
08/13/2024 🔍
Sources
Vendor: apple.comAdvisory: support.apple.com
Status: Confirmed
CVE: CVE-2023-42957 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2023-42957
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-272819
Entry
Created: 07/29/2024 23:04Updated: 08/13/2024 00:47
Changes: 07/29/2024 23:04 (53), 07/31/2024 02:15 (1), 08/13/2024 00:47 (10)
Complete: 🔍
Cache ID: 216::103
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