CVE-2023-42935 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

An authentication issue was addressed with improved state management. This issue is fixed in macOS Ventura 13.6.4. A local attacker may be able to view the previous logged in user’s desktop from the fast user switching screen.

Published: 2024-01-23

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	< 13.6

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-2023-47356	An authentication issue was addressed with improved state management. This issue is fixed in macOS Ventura 13.6.4. A local attacker may be able to view the previous logged in user’s desktop from the fast user switching screen.

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 0.00036.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Jan/37
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT214058
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213984
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

Fri, 20 Jun 2025 19:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Weaknesses		CWE-287
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Apple Macos

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: apple

Published: 2024-01-23T00:25:17.840Z

Updated: 2025-11-04T18:17:14.036Z

Reserved: 2023-09-14T19:05:11.470Z

Link: CVE-2023-42935

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-11-04T18:17:14.036Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2024-01-23T01:15:10.170

Modified: 2025-11-04T19:15:58.113

Link: CVE-2023-42935

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

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