PT-2023-27438 · Apple · Apple Macos

Jeongohkyea · Published 2023-09-21 · Updated 2023-10-12 · CVE-2023-40406

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.5

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions macOS versions prior to 12.7 macOS Ventura versions prior to 13.6 macOS Sonoma versions prior to 14

Description The issue allows an app to read arbitrary files due to inadequate checks. This has been addressed with improved checks.

Recommendations For macOS versions prior to 12.7, update to macOS Monterey 12.7 or later. For macOS Ventura versions prior to 13.6, update to macOS Ventura 13.6 or later. For macOS Sonoma versions prior to 14, update to macOS Sonoma 14 or later.

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2023-40406

Affected Products

Apple Macos

References · 13

• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213932 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-40406 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-40406 · Vendor Advisory
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213931 · Vendor Advisory
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213940 · Vendor Advisory
• https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213932 · Note
• https://t.me/cibsecurity/71092 · Telegram Post
• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/5 · Note
• https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213931 · Note
• https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213940 · Note
• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/3 · Note
• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/6 · Note
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1706767515727155622 · Twitter Post