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CVE-2023-42896

MEDIUM

5.5

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.

CVE Details

CVSS v3.1 Score5.5

SeverityMEDIUM

CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Attack VectorLOCAL

ComplexityLOW

Privileges RequiredNONE

User InteractionREQUIRED

Published3/28/2024

Last Modified11/4/2025

Sourcenvd

Honeypot Sightings0

Affected Products

apple:ipadosapple:iphone_osapple:macos

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-862

References

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT214034(product-security@apple.com)

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT214035(product-security@apple.com)

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT214036(product-security@apple.com)

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT214037(product-security@apple.com)

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT214038(product-security@apple.com)

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT214034(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT214035(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT214036(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT214037(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT214038(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://support.apple.com/kb/HT214035(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://support.apple.com/kb/HT214036(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://support.apple.com/kb/HT214037(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://support.apple.com/kb/HT214038(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

IOC Correlations

No correlations recorded

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