CVE-2023-23538 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

A logic issue was addressed with improved checks. This issue is fixed in macOS Ventura 13.3, macOS Monterey 12.6.4. An app may be able to modify protected parts of the file system.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Apple	Macos

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos::::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos::::::::

No data.

References

Link	Providers
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213670
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213677

History

Wed, 29 Jan 2025 16:15:00 +0000

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

Wed, 29 Jan 2025 16:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Weaknesses		CWE-863

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: apple

Published: 2023-05-08T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-01-29T15:42:03.498Z

Reserved: 2023-01-12T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2023-23538

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T10:35:33.150Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-05-08T20:15:16.747

Modified: 2025-01-29T16:15:37.520

Link: CVE-2023-23538

Redhat

No data.

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