CVE-2023-38571

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Summary

CVECVE-2023-38571
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2023-07-28 05:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-08-03 16:58:00 UTC
DescriptionThis issue was addressed with improved validation of symlinks. This issue is fixed in macOS Big Sur 11.7.9, macOS Monterey 12.6.8, macOS Ventura 13.5. An app may be able to bypass Privacy preferences.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-noinfo

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Apple Macos All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
About the security content of macOS Big Sur 11.7.9 - Apple Support MISC support.apple.com
About the security content of macOS Monterey 12.6.8 - Apple Support MISC support.apple.com
About the security content of macOS Monterey 12.6.8 - Apple Support MISC support.apple.com
About the security content of macOS Ventura 13.5 - Apple Support MISC support.apple.com
About the security content of macOS Big Sur 11.7.9 - Apple Support MISC support.apple.com
About the security content of macOS Ventura 13.5 - Apple Support MISC support.apple.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 378687 Apple macOS Ventura 13.5 Not Installed (HT213843)
  • 378688 Apple macOS Monterey 12.6.8 Not Installed (HT213844)
  • 378689 Apple macOS Big Sur 11.7.9 Not Installed (HT213845)
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