CVE-2023-42952

State: Published
Severity: 4.4 Medium
Published: Feb 21, 2024
Updated: Nov 4, 2025
Reserved: Sep 14, 2023

Description

The issue was addressed with improved checks. This issue is fixed in iOS 17.1 and iPadOS 17.1, macOS Ventura 13.6.3, macOS Sonoma 14.1, macOS Monterey 12.7.1. An app with root privileges may be able to access private information.

Scores

CVSS	Score	Vector	Source
3.1	4.4 Medium	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N	CISA-ADP

Weaknesses

CWE-269 Improper Privilege Management

Affected Products

Product	Versions
macOSApple	before 13.6Affected
macOSApple	before 14.1Affected
iOS and iPadOSApple	before 17.1Affected
macOSApple	before 12.7Affected

References

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT214038
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213984
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213982
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213983
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT214038
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213984
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213982

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