CVE-2023-40389 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

The issue was addressed with improved restriction of data container access. This issue is fixed in macOS Ventura 13.6.5, macOS Monterey 12.7.4. An app may be able to access sensitive 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 0.00043.

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::::::::

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2023-44960	The issue was addressed with improved restriction of data container access. This issue is fixed in macOS Ventura 13.6.5, macOS Monterey 12.7.4. An app may be able to access sensitive user 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/HT214083
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT214085
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT214035
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT214036
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT214040
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT214041
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT214083
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT214085

History

Tue, 04 Nov 2025 19:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
References		https://support.apple.com/kb/HT214083 https://support.apple.com/kb/HT214085

Mon, 14 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics	epss `{'score': 0.00064}`	epss `{'score': 0.00037}`

Thu, 07 Nov 2024 17:15:00 +0000

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

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: apple

Published: 2024-06-10T19:21:22.255Z

Updated: 2025-11-04T18:16:40.873Z

Reserved: 2023-08-14T20:26:36.253Z

Link: CVE-2023-40389

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T18:31:53.698Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2024-06-10T20:15:12.753

Modified: 2025-11-04T19:15:55.753

Link: CVE-2023-40389

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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