PT-2023-27373 · Apple · Apple Macos

Jack Tabash · Published 2023-09-28 · Updated 2023-10-02 · CVE-2023-40307

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.8

High

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions macOS (affected versions not specified)

Description An attacker with standard privileges on macOS can submit input when requesting administrator privileges from the application, causing a buffer overflow. This results in a crash of the application, making it unavailable and potentially allowing reading or modification of data.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Memory Corruption

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-787

Related Identifiers

CVE-2023-40307

GHSA-RGQ4-WXPJ-5JV9

Affected Products

Apple Macos

References · 5

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-40307 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-40307 · Vendor Advisory
• https://github.com/SAP/macOS-enterprise-privileges/security/advisories/GHSA-rgq4-wxpj-5jv9 · Note
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1707398598248526145 · Twitter Post
• https://t.me/cibsecurity/71197 · Telegram Post