CVE-2023-42933 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

This issue was addressed with improved checks. This issue is fixed in macOS Sonoma 14. An app may be able to gain elevated privileges.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

Vendors	Products
Apple	Macos

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

No data.

References

Link	Providers
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213940
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213940

History

Tue, 04 Nov 2025 20:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
References		https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213940

Tue, 03 Jun 2025 15:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: apple

Published: 2024-01-10T22:03:25.092Z

Updated: 2025-11-04T19:24:35.123Z

Reserved: 2023-09-14T19:05:11.470Z

Link: CVE-2023-42933

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T19:30:25.075Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2024-01-10T22:15:50.460

Modified: 2025-11-04T20:17:04.847

Link: CVE-2023-42933

Redhat

No data.

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