macOS Sonoma Full Disk Access Escalation via Remote Login (pre-14.2)
CVE-2023-42913 Published on March 28, 2024
This issue was addressed through improved state management. This issue is fixed in macOS Sonoma 14.2. Remote Login sessions may be able to obtain full disk access permissions.
Vulnerability Analysis
CVE-2023-42913 can be exploited with network access, and requires small amount of user privileges. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to be very high.
Weakness Type
Insecure Storage of Sensitive Information
The software stores sensitive information without properly limiting read or write access by unauthorized actors. If read access is not properly restricted, then attackers can steal the sensitive information. If write access is not properly restricted, then attackers can modify and possibly delete the data, causing incorrect results and possibly a denial of service.
Products Associated with CVE-2023-42913
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Affected Versions
Apple macOS:- Version unspecified and below 14.2 is affected.
- Version 14.0 and below 14.2 is affected.
Exploit Probability
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