This issue was addressed with improved handling of symlinks. This issue is fixed in watchOS 10.1, macOS Sonoma 14.1, tvOS 17.1, iOS 16.7.2 and iPadOS 16.7.2, iOS 17.1 and iPadOS 17.1, macOS Ventura 13.6.1. A malicious app may be able to gain root privileges.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00096.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

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 iOS and iPadOS affected
Version Status Constraints
unspecified affected
< 16.7
Apple tvOS affected
Version Status Constraints
unspecified affected
< 17.1
Apple macOS affected
Version Status Constraints
unspecified affected
< 14.1
Apple watchOS affected
Version Status Constraints
unspecified affected
< 10.1
Apple macOS affected
Version Status Constraints
unspecified affected
< 13.6
Apple iOS and iPadOS affected
Version Status Constraints
unspecified affected
< 17.1

Configuration 1 [-]

OR cpe:2.3:o:apple:ipad_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:apple:ipados:17.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:17.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:14.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:apple:tvos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:apple:watchos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Solution

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References
Link Providers
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213981 cve-icon cve-icon
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213982 cve-icon cve-icon
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213984 cve-icon cve-icon
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213985 cve-icon cve-icon
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213987 cve-icon cve-icon
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213988 cve-icon cve-icon
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213982 cve-icon
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213984 cve-icon
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213988 cve-icon
History

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

Type Values Removed Values Added
References

Sat, 12 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics epss

{'score': 0.00092}

 epss

{'score': 0.00126}

Fri, 14 Mar 2025 01:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

 ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

Thu, 12 Dec 2024 14:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Apple ipados
CPEs cpe:2.3:o:apple:ipad_os:17.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:apple:ipados:17.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Apple ipados

Tue, 03 Dec 2024 21:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Apple
Apple ipad Os
Apple iphone Os
Apple macos
Apple tvos
Apple watchos
Weaknesses CWE-59
CPEs cpe:2.3:o:apple:ipad_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:apple:ipad_os:17.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:17.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:14.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:apple:tvos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:apple:watchos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Apple
Apple ipad Os
Apple iphone Os
Apple macos
Apple tvos
Apple watchos
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

 cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

Tue, 27 Aug 2024 17:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: apple

Published:

Updated: 2025-11-04T19:24:47.064Z

Reserved: 2023-09-14T19:05:11.472Z

Link: CVE-2023-42942

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T19:37:21.918Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2024-02-21T07:15:50.963

Modified: 2025-11-04T20:17:05.467

Link: CVE-2023-42942

cve-icon Redhat

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses