Exploitation Summary
CVE-2023-41992 is actively exploited and listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, added September 25, 2023. EIP tracks 1 public exploit from researchers including WHW0x455.
AI-analyzed exploit summary This repository contains a functional proof-of-concept exploit for CVE-2023-41992, a vulnerability in macOS's IPC subsystem. The exploit leverages a race condition in `ipc_right_destroy` to trigger a NULL pointer dereference, leading to a kernel panic or potential privilege escalation.
Description
The issue was addressed with improved checks. This issue is fixed in macOS Monterey 12.7, iOS 16.7 and iPadOS 16.7, macOS Ventura 13.6. A local attacker may be able to elevate their privileges. Apple is aware of a report that this issue may have been actively exploited against versions of iOS before iOS 16.7.
Exploits (1)
This repository contains a functional proof-of-concept exploit for CVE-2023-41992, a vulnerability in macOS's IPC subsystem. The exploit leverages a race condition in `ipc_right_destroy` to trigger a NULL pointer dereference, leading to a kernel panic or potential privilege escalation.
References (6)
Scores
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H