CVE-2023-42887 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

An access issue was addressed with additional sandbox restrictions. This issue is fixed in macOS Ventura 13.6.4, macOS Sonoma 14.2. An app may be able to read arbitrary files.

Published: 2024-01-23

Score: 6.3 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

No analysis available yet.

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	< 13.6

Apple

macOS

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`unspecified`	affected	< 14.2

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	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-2023-47308	An access issue was addressed with additional sandbox restrictions. This issue is fixed in macOS Ventura 13.6.4, macOS Sonoma 14.2. An app may be able to read arbitrary files.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Changed

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 0.0004.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Jan/37
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT214036
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT214058
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT214036
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT214058

History

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

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
References		https://support.apple.com/kb/HT214058

Mon, 16 Jun 2025 20:15:00 +0000

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

Subscriptions

Apple Macos

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: apple

Published: 2024-01-23T00:25:38.040Z

Updated: 2025-11-04T18:17:05.592Z

Reserved: 2023-09-14T19:05:11.459Z

Link: CVE-2023-42887

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-11-04T18:17:05.592Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2024-01-23T01:15:09.910

Modified: 2025-11-04T19:15:57.710

Link: CVE-2023-42887

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-noinfo

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