CVE-2023-42942

2024-02-2107:15:50

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3133

cve-2023-42942

symlink handling

watchos

macos

tvos

ios

ipados

security vulnerability

nvd

7 High

AI Score

Confidence

High

0.0004 Low

EPSS

Percentile

10.5%

JSON

This issue was addressed with improved handling of symlinks. This issue is fixed in watchOS 10.1, macOS Sonoma 14.1, tvOS 17.1, iOS 16.7.2 and iPadOS 16.7.2, iOS 17.1 and iPadOS 17.1, macOS Ventura 13.6.1. A malicious app may be able to gain root privileges.

Affected configurations

Vulners

Node

appleiphone_osRange<16.7

appleipad_osRange<16.7

appletvosRange<17.1

applemacosRange<14.1

applewatchosRange<10.1

applemacosRange<13.6

appleiphone_osRange<17.1

appleipad_osRange<17.1

VendorProductVersionCPE
appleiphone_os*cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
appleipad_os*cpe:2.3:o:apple:ipad_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
appletvos*cpe:2.3:o:apple:tvos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
applemacos*cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
applewatchos*cpe:2.3:o:apple:watchos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
applemacos*cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
appleiphone_os*cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
appleipad_os*cpe:2.3:o:apple:ipad_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Vendor	Product	Version	CPE
apple	iphone_os	*	cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os::::::::
apple	ipad_os	*	cpe:2.3:o:apple:ipad_os::::::::
apple	tvos	*	cpe:2.3:o:apple:tvos::::::::
apple	macos	*	cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos::::::::
apple	watchos	*	cpe:2.3:o:apple:watchos::::::::
apple	macos	*	cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos::::::::
apple	iphone_os	*	cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os::::::::
apple	ipad_os	*	cpe:2.3:o:apple:ipad_os::::::::

CNA Affected

[
  {
    "vendor": "Apple",
    "product": "iOS and iPadOS",
    "versions": [
      {
        "version": "unspecified",
        "status": "affected",
        "lessThan": "16.7",
        "versionType": "custom"
      }
    ]
  },
  {
    "vendor": "Apple",
    "product": "tvOS",
    "versions": [
      {
        "version": "unspecified",
        "status": "affected",
        "lessThan": "17.1",
        "versionType": "custom"
      }
    ]
  },
  {
    "vendor": "Apple",
    "product": "macOS",
    "versions": [
      {
        "version": "unspecified",
        "status": "affected",
        "lessThan": "14.1",
        "versionType": "custom"
      }
    ]
  },
  {
    "vendor": "Apple",
    "product": "watchOS",
    "versions": [
      {
        "version": "unspecified",
        "status": "affected",
        "lessThan": "10.1",
        "versionType": "custom"
      }
    ]
  },
  {
    "vendor": "Apple",
    "product": "macOS",
    "versions": [
      {
        "version": "unspecified",
        "status": "affected",
        "lessThan": "13.6",
        "versionType": "custom"
      }
    ]
  },
  {
    "vendor": "Apple",
    "product": "iOS and iPadOS",
    "versions": [
      {
        "version": "unspecified",
        "status": "affected",
        "lessThan": "17.1",
        "versionType": "custom"
      }
    ]
  }
]