CVE-2023-23497 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

A logic issue was addressed with improved state management. This issue is fixed in macOS Big Sur 11.7.3, macOS Ventura 13.2, macOS Monterey 12.6.3. An app may be able to gain root privileges.

Published: 2023-02-27

Score: 7.8 High

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

Apple

macOS

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`unspecified`	affected	< 11.7

Apple

macOS

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`unspecified`	affected	< 13.2

Apple

macOS

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`unspecified`	affected	< 12.6

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos::::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos::::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos::::::::

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2023-27597	A logic issue was addressed with improved state management. This issue is fixed in macOS Big Sur 11.7.3, macOS Ventura 13.2, macOS Monterey 12.6.3. An app may be able to gain root privileges.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00081.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

References

Link	Providers
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213603
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213604
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213605

History

Tue, 11 Mar 2025 14:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Weaknesses		CWE-269
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Apple Macos

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: apple

Published: 2023-02-27T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-03-11T13:54:26.714Z

Reserved: 2023-01-12T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2023-23497

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T10:35:32.218Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-02-27T20:15:13.220

Modified: 2025-03-11T14:15:18.680

Link: CVE-2023-23497

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

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