CVE-2023-42947

HIGH

macOS Monterey <12.7.2 - Privilege Escalation

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

A path handling issue was addressed with improved validation. This issue is fixed in macOS Monterey 12.7.2, macOS Ventura 13.6.3, iOS 17.2 and iPadOS 17.2, tvOS 17.2, watchOS 10.2, macOS Sonoma 14.2. An app may be able to break out of its sandbox.

References (10)

Core 10
Core References
Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT214035
Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT214036
Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT214037
Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT214038
Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT214040
Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT214041

Scores

CVSS v3 8.6
EPSS 0.0005
EPSS Percentile 16.7%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable no
Technical Impact total

Details

CWE
CWE-22
Status published
Products (5)
apple/ipados < 17.2
apple/iphone_os < 17.2
apple/macos 12.0 - 12.7.2
apple/tvos < 17.2
apple/watchos < 10.2
Published Mar 28, 2024
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026