CVE-2023-28207 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

The issue was addressed with improved checks. This issue is fixed in macOS Ventura 13.3, macOS Monterey 12.6.4, macOS Big Sur 11.7.5. A plug-in may be able to inherit app permissions and access user data.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

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 0.00015.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Apple	Macos

Configuration 1 [-]

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

No data.

No data.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://support.apple.com/en-us/102784
https://support.apple.com/en-us/102833
https://support.apple.com/en-us/120945

History

Tue, 25 Mar 2025 13:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Weaknesses		CWE-277

Mon, 24 Mar 2025 15:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
First Time appeared		Apple Apple macos
Weaknesses		NVD-CWE-noinfo
CPEs		cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos::::::::
Vendors & Products		Apple Apple macos

Fri, 21 Mar 2025 16:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		cvssV3_1 `{'score': 5.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N'}` ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Fri, 21 Mar 2025 00:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Description		The issue was addressed with improved checks. This issue is fixed in macOS Ventura 13.3, macOS Monterey 12.6.4, macOS Big Sur 11.7.5. A plug-in may be able to inherit app permissions and access user data.
References		https://support.apple.com/en-us/102784 https://support.apple.com/en-us/102833 https://support.apple.com/en-us/120945

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: apple

Published: 2025-03-21T00:19:33.108Z

Updated: 2025-03-25T12:58:01.183Z

Reserved: 2023-03-13T18:37:25.758Z

Link: CVE-2023-28207

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-03-21T15:45:34.558Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2025-03-21T01:15:12.240

Modified: 2025-03-25T13:15:39.417

Link: CVE-2023-28207

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

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