CVE - CVE-2023-41968

CVE-ID
CVE-2023-41968	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
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.
References
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FULLDISC:20231002 APPLE-SA-09-26-2023-2 macOS Sonoma 14 URL:http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/3 FULLDISC:20231002 APPLE-SA-09-26-2023-4 Additional information for APPLE-SA-2023-09-21-6 macOS Ventura 13.6 URL:http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/5 FULLDISC:20231002 APPLE-SA-09-26-2023-5 Additional information for APPLE-SA-2023-09-21-7 macOS Monterey 12.7 URL:http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/6 FULLDISC:20231002 APPLE-SA-09-26-2023-7 iOS 17 and iPadOS 17 URL:http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/8 FULLDISC:20231002 APPLE-SA-09-26-2023-8 watchOS 10 URL:http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/9 FULLDISC:20231002 APPLE-SA-09-26-2023-9 tvOS 17 URL:http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/10 MISC:https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213931 URL:https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213931 MISC:https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213932 URL:https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213932 MISC:https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213936 URL:https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213936 MISC:https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213937 URL:https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213937 MISC:https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213938 URL:https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213938 MISC:https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213940 URL:https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213940
Assigning CNA
Apple Inc.
Date Record Created
20230914	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20230914)
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Proposed (Legacy)
N/A
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