Vulnerability · Published Mar 28, 2024 · Assigned by apple
CVE-2023-42896
Medium 5.5
In plain English
A medium-severity missing authorization in iOS and iPadOS from Apple. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.2% (higher than 10% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS 3.1)5.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 89.7% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
An issue was addressed with improved handling of temporary files. 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, macOS Sonoma 14.2. An app may be able to modify protected parts of the file system.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Apple | iOS and iPadOS | unspecified – before 17.2 |
| Apple | iOS and iPadOS | unspecified – before 16.7 |
| Apple | macOS | unspecified – before 13.6 |
| Apple | macOS | unspecified – before 12.7 |
| Apple | macOS | unspecified – before 14.2 |
Weakness: CWE-862 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
References
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT214035
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT214034
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT214038
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT214037
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT214036
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT214038
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT214037
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT214036
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT214035