CVE-2023-23520 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity High

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.0008.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Apple	Ipados Iphone Os Macos

Configuration 1 [-]

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	cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os::::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos::::::::

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2023-27620	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.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213599
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213601
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213605
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213606

History

Tue, 11 Mar 2025 18:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: apple

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

Updated: 2025-03-11T17:21:55.767Z

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

Link: CVE-2023-23520

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T10:35:32.682Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-02-27T20:15:14.517

Modified: 2025-03-11T18:15:28.667

Link: CVE-2023-23520

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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