FKIE_CVE-2023-41138

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2023-11-09 15:15 - Updated: 2026-06-17 06:20
Severity
7.5 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
6.7 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
The AppsAnywhere macOS client-privileged helper can be tricked into executing arbitrary commands with elevated permissions by a local user process.
References
info@appcheck-ng.comhttps://docs.appsanywhere.com/appsanywhere/3.1/2023-11-security-advisoryVendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://docs.appsanywhere.com/appsanywhere/3.1/2023-11-security-advisoryVendor Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
appsanywhere appsanywhere_client 1.4.0
appsanywhere appsanywhere_client 1.4.1
appsanywhere appsanywhere_client 1.5.1
appsanywhere appsanywhere_client 1.5.2
appsanywhere appsanywhere_client 1.6.0
appsanywhere appsanywhere_client 2.0.0
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