CVE-2023-42844 (GCVE-0-2023-42844)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-10-25 18:32 – Updated: 2025-02-13 17:09
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
This issue was addressed with improved handling of symlinks. This issue is fixed in macOS Sonoma 14.1, macOS Monterey 12.7.1, macOS Ventura 13.6.1. A website may be able to access sensitive user data when resolving symlinks.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: yes
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2024-09-10 14:51 UTC
CWE
- A website may be able to access sensitive user data when resolving symlinks
Assigner
References
9 references
Impacted products
4 products
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apple | macOS |
Affected:
unspecified , < 14.1
(custom)
|
guessed | |
| Apple | macOS |
Affected:
unspecified , < 13.6
(custom)
|
guessed | |
| Apple | macOS |
Affected:
unspecified , < 12.7
(custom)
|
guessed | |
| apple | macos |
Affected:
0 , < 12.7
(custom)
Affected: 0 , < 13.6 (custom) Affected: 0 , < 14.1 (custom) cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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