CVE-2023-42959 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

A race condition was addressed with improved state handling. This issue is fixed in macOS Sonoma 14. An app may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges.

Published: 2024-07-29

Score: 7.0 High

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

Apple

macOS

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`unspecified`	affected	< 14

Configuration 1 [-]

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

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

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No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity High

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.0012.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213940

History

Mon, 09 Dec 2024 21:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
First Time appeared		Apple Apple macos
CPEs		cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos::::::::
Vendors & Products		Apple Apple macos

Subscriptions

Apple Macos

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: apple

Published: 2024-07-29T20:21:08.288Z

Updated: 2024-08-02T19:37:23.084Z

Reserved: 2023-09-14T19:05:11.478Z

Link: CVE-2023-42959

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T19:37:23.084Z

NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2024-07-29T21:15:12.047

Modified: 2026-06-17T06:24:56.893

Link: CVE-2023-42959

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-362
Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')

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