CVE-2023-42942

HIGH

7.8

CVSS Score

Published: February 21, 2024 at 06:41 AM UTC

Updated: June 17, 2026 at 06:24 AM UTC

5 products affected across 1 vendormacOSiPhone OSiPadOS

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Severity

HIGH7.8

Exploit prediction

EPSS 0.4%

SSVC

No known exploit

Description

This issue was addressed with improved handling of symlinks. This issue is fixed in watchOS 10.1, macOS Sonoma 14.1, tvOS 17.1, iOS 16.7.2 and iPadOS 16.7.2, iOS 17.1 and iPadOS 17.1, macOS Ventura 13.6.1. A malicious app may be able to gain root privileges.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

iPadOS · Apple

95%

v < 16.7v < 16.7.2v < 17.117.0 ≤ v < 17.117.0

Affected range stops below 16.7, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Affected range stops below 16.7.2, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Affected range stops below 17.1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

iPhone OS · Apple

95%

v < 16.7v < 16.7.217.0 ≤ v < 17.117.0

Affected range stops below 16.7, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Affected range stops below 16.7.2, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Affected range stops below 17.1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

macOS · Apple

95%

v < 13.6v < 13.6.1v < 14.113.0 ≤ v < 13.6.114.0 ≤ v < 14.114.0

Affected range stops below 13.6, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Affected range stops below 13.6.1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Affected range stops below 14.1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

tvOS · Apple

95%

v ≤ 17.1v < 17.1

Affected range stops below 17.1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

watchOS · Apple

95%

v < 10.1

Affected range stops below 10.1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

Patch and advisory references

References (9)

Vendor Advisory

Source: [email protected]

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213981

Vendor Advisory

Source: [email protected]

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213982

Vendor Advisory

Source: [email protected]

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

Vendor Advisory

Source: [email protected]

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

Vendor Advisory

Source: [email protected]

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213987

Vendor Advisory

Source: [email protected]

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213988

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213982

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

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

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatableTotal impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

7.8HIGHCISA-ADP

Attack Vector: LOCAL
Complexity: LOW
Privileges: LOW
User Interaction: NONE
Scope: UNCHANGED
Confidentiality: HIGH
Integrity: HIGH
Availability: HIGH

Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED

CWE

CWE-59

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