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CVE-2023-23520

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Published: Feb 27, 2023Modified: Mar 11, 2025

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5.9
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Exploitability: 2.2 / Impact: 3.6
Source: NVD

Description

A race condition was addressed with additional validation. This issue is fixed in watchOS 9.3, tvOS 16.3, macOS Ventura 13.2, iOS 16.3 and iPadOS 16.3. A user may be able to read arbitrary files as root.

Affected (3)

Apple
3 products
Ipados
Iphone Os
Macos
Configuration A
3 vulnerable
Vulnerable SoftwareAffected Versions
Ipados
Before 16.3
Iphone Os
Before 16.3
Macos
Before 13.2

Related CWEs

CWE-367
Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition
The product checks the state of a resource before using that resource, but the resource's state can change between the check and the use in a way that invalidates the results of the check. This can cause the product to perform invalid actions when the resource is in an unexpected state.

References (8)

Source: product-security@apple.com
Source: product-security@apple.com
Source: product-security@apple.com
Vendor Advisory
Source: product-security@apple.com
Vendor Advisory
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory

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