CVE-2023-41968

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

CWE-59 Link Following

Publication date:

27/09/2023

Last modified:

04/11/2025

Description

This issue was addressed with improved validation of symlinks. This issue is fixed in macOS Ventura 13.6, tvOS 17, macOS Monterey 12.7, watchOS 10, iOS 17 and iPadOS 17, macOS Sonoma 14. An app may be able to read arbitrary files.

Impact

Vector 3.x

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N CVSS v3.1 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 5.50 MEDIUM
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): Required
Scope (S): Unchanged
Confidentiality (C): High
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): None

Base Score 3.x

5.50

Severity 3.x

MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:o:apple:ipados::::::::		17.0 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os::::::::		17.0 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos::::::::	12.0.0 (including)	12.7 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos::::::::	13.0 (including)	13.6 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:apple:tvos::::::::		17.0 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:apple:watchos::::::::		10.0 (excluding)

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page

CVE-2023-41968

Description

Impact

Vulnerable products and versions

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools