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CVE PROGRAM SOURCE RECORD7.8 High

CVE-2023-42942

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

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Status
Published
Published
Updated
Assigning organization
apple

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 products

Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.

Apple iOS and iPadOS

  • unspecified to < 16.7affected

Apple tvOS

  • unspecified to < 17.1affected

Apple macOS

  • unspecified to < 14.1affected

Apple watchOS

  • unspecified to < 10.1affected

Apple macOS

  • unspecified to < 13.6affected

Apple iOS and iPadOS

  • unspecified to < 17.1affected

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