Vulnerability · Published Sep 26, 2023 · Assigned by apple
CVE-2023-41979
Medium 4.7
In plain English
A medium-severity security flaw in macOS 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 12% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS NVD)4.7Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 88.0% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
A race condition was addressed with improved locking. This issue is fixed in macOS Sonoma 14. An app may be able to modify protected parts of the file system.