PT-2023-28199 · Apple · Apple Macos

Koh M. Nakagawa + 1 · Published 2023-09-26 · Updated 2023-10-05 · CVE-2023-41979

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

4.7

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions macOS versions prior to 14

Description A race condition was addressed with improved locking, which may have allowed an app to modify protected parts of the file system.

Recommendations For versions prior to 14, update to macOS Sonoma 14 to resolve the issue.

Fix

Race Condition

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-362

Related Identifiers

CVE-2023-41979

Affected Products

Apple Macos

References · 7

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-41979 · Security Note
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213940 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-41979 · Vendor Advisory
• https://twitter.com/tsunek0h/status/1706896451073343751 · Twitter Post
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1706767517694283841 · Twitter Post
• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/3 · Note
• https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213940 · Note