CVE-2023-42889 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

The issue was addressed with improved checks. This issue is fixed in macOS Sonoma 14.1, macOS Monterey 12.7.1, macOS Ventura 13.6.1. An app may be able to bypass certain Privacy preferences.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact Low

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 0.00055.

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:14.0:::::::*

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Advisories

No advisories yet.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213983
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213984
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213985
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213984
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213985

History

Tue, 04 Nov 2025 20:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
References		https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213984 https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213985

Mon, 09 Dec 2024 17:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
First Time appeared		Apple Apple macos
Weaknesses		NVD-CWE-noinfo
CPEs		cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:::::::: cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:14.0:::::::*
Vendors & Products		Apple Apple macos

Mon, 25 Nov 2024 16:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Weaknesses		CWE-290
Metrics		cvssV3_1 `{'score': 5.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N'}` ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: apple

Published: 2024-02-21T06:40:41.273Z

Updated: 2025-11-04T19:23:13.709Z

Reserved: 2023-09-14T19:05:11.460Z

Link: CVE-2023-42889

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T19:30:24.924Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2024-02-21T07:15:50.453

Modified: 2025-11-04T20:16:53.523

Link: CVE-2023-42889

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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