CVE-2023-41902 (GCVE-0-2023-41902)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-09-20 00:00 – Updated: 2024-09-25 14:15
VLAI
Summary
An XPC misconfiguration vulnerability in CoreCode MacUpdater before 2.3.8, and 3.x before 3.1.2, allows attackers to escalate privileges by crafting malicious .pkg files.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
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