CVE-2023-42943 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

A privacy issue was addressed with improved private data redaction for log entries. This issue is fixed in macOS Sonoma 14. An app may be able to read sensitive location information.

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 0.00164.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Apple Subscribe	Macos Subscribe

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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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/HT213940

History

Sat, 15 Mar 2025 15:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Weaknesses		CWE-125
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Mon, 12 Aug 2024 16:00:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
First Time appeared		Apple Apple macos
Weaknesses		NVD-CWE-noinfo
CPEs		cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos::::::::
Vendors & Products		Apple Apple macos
Metrics		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'}`

Projects

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: apple

Published: 2024-07-29T20:21:03.894Z

Updated: 2025-03-15T15:07:22.076Z

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

Link: CVE-2023-42943

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T19:37:23.158Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2024-07-29T21:15:11.740

Modified: 2025-03-15T15:15:37.137

Link: CVE-2023-42943

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

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