CVE-2023-42844
High
Published: 25 October 2023
Published
25 October 2023
Modified
21 November 2024
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score v3.1
7.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
EPSS Score
0.0034
57.2th percentile
Risk Priority
15
60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS
Summary
CVE-2023-42844 is a high-severity Link Following (CWE-59) vulnerability in Apple Macos. Its CVSS base score is 7.5 (High).
Operationally, ranked in the top 42.8% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2023-47265
Vulnerability details
This issue was addressed with improved handling of symlinks. This issue is fixed in macOS Sonoma 14.1, macOS Monterey 12.7.1, macOS Ventura 13.6.1. A website may be able to access sensitive user data when resolving symlinks.
- CWE(s)
Related Threats
No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.
Affected Assets
apple
macos
12.0.0 — 12.7.1 · 13.0 — 13.6.1 · 14.0 — 14.1
Mitigating Controls
No mitigating controls mapped yet. The per-CVE control annotator has not reached this CVE.