CVE-2023-40421

low-risk

Published 2023-10-25

A permissions issue was addressed with additional restrictions. 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 access sensitive user data.

Do I need to act?

0.02% chance of exploitation

EPSS score — low exploit probability

Not on CISA KEV list

No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA

Patch status unknown

Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance

CVSS 5.5/10 Medium

LOCAL / LOW complexity

Affected Products (1)

Macos

Affected Vendors

Apple

References (18)

Mailing List http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/21

Mailing List http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/24

Mailing List http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/26

Release Notes https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213983

Release Notes https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213984

Release Notes https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213985

Release Notes https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213983

Release Notes https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213984

Release Notes https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213985