CVE-2023-23522 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

A privacy issue was addressed with improved handling of temporary files. This issue is fixed in macOS Ventura 13.2.1. An app may be able to observe unprotected user data.

Published: 2023-02-27

Score: 5.5 Medium

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	< 13.2

Configuration 1 [-]

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-2023-27622	A privacy issue was addressed with improved handling of temporary files. This issue is fixed in macOS Ventura 13.2.1. An app may be able to observe unprotected user data.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00117.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213633

History

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

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Weaknesses		CWE-922
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Apple Macos

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: apple

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

Updated: 2025-03-11T17:20:16.164Z

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

Link: CVE-2023-23522

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T10:35:32.885Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-02-27T20:15:14.580

Modified: 2025-03-11T18:15:28.870

Link: CVE-2023-23522

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

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