CVE-2023-42942

EUVD-2023-47363
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.
Link Following
ProviderTypeBase ScoreAtk. VectorAtk. ComplexityPriv. RequiredVector
NISTPrimary
7.8 HIGH
LOCAL
LOW
NONE
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Base Score
CVSS 3.x
EPSS Score
Percentile: Unknown
Affected Products (NVD)
VendorProductVersion
appleipad_os
𝑥
< 16.7.2
appleipados
17.0
appleiphone_os
𝑥
< 16.7.2
appleiphone_os
17.0
applemacos
13.0 ≤
𝑥
< 13.6.1
applemacos
14.0
appletvos
𝑥
≤ 17.1
applewatchos
𝑥
< 10.1
𝑥
= Vulnerable software versions
Early Detection
Affected products identified ahead of NVD analysis through intelligence sources.
VendorProductVersionSource
appletvos
𝑥
< 17.1
ADP
applemacos
14.0 ≤
𝑥
< 14.1
ADP
applemacos
𝑥
< 13.6.1
ADP
appleiphone_os
𝑥
< 16.7
ADP
appleiphone_os
17.0 ≤
𝑥
< 17.1
ADP
appleipad_os
𝑥
< 16.7
ADP
appleipad_os
17.0 ≤
𝑥
< 17.1
ADP
applewatchos
𝑥
< 10.1
ADP