CVE-2023-38571 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

This issue was addressed with improved validation of symlinks. This issue is fixed in macOS Big Sur 11.7.9, macOS Monterey 12.6.8, macOS Ventura 13.5. An app may be able to bypass Privacy preferences.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploitation none

Automatable yes

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::::::::

No data.

References

Link	Providers
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213843
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213844
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213845
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213843
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213844
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213845

History

Tue, 22 Oct 2024 19:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: apple

Published: 2023-07-28T04:30:41.447Z

Updated: 2025-02-13T17:01:55.202Z

Reserved: 2023-07-20T15:04:15.885Z

Link: CVE-2023-38571

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T17:46:56.100Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-07-28T05:15:10.743

Modified: 2024-11-21T08:13:51.230

Link: CVE-2023-38571

Redhat

No data.

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