CVE-2023-40390 (GCVE-0-2023-40390)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-03-28 15:39 – Updated: 2025-11-04 19:17
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Summary
A privacy issue was addressed by moving sensitive data to a protected location. This issue is fixed in macOS Sonoma 14.2. An app may be able to access user-sensitive data.
Severity ?
5.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CWE
  • An app may be able to access user-sensitive data
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Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Apple macOS Affected: unspecified , < 14.2 (custom)
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