fkie_cve-2023-23520
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd
Published
2023-02-27 20:15
Modified
2025-03-11 18:15
Severity ?
5.9 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
5.9 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Summary
A race condition was addressed with additional validation. This issue is fixed in watchOS 9.3, tvOS 16.3, macOS Ventura 13.2, iOS 16.3 and iPadOS 16.3. A user may be able to read arbitrary files as root.
References
product-security@apple.comhttps://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213599
product-security@apple.comhttps://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213601
product-security@apple.comhttps://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213605Vendor Advisory
product-security@apple.comhttps://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213606Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213599
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213601
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213605Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213606Vendor Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
apple ipados *
apple iphone_os *
apple macos *


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  "lastModified": "2025-03-11T18:15:28.667",
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