PT-2023-8341 · Apple · Macos Ventura+1

Mikko Kenttälä + 1 · Published 2023-03-27 · Updated 2024-01-17 · CVE-2023-40433

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.5

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions macOS Ventura versions prior to 13.3

Description A logic issue was addressed with improved checks. This issue allows an app to bypass Gatekeeper checks. The estimated number of potentially affected devices worldwide is not provided. There is no information about real-world incidents where this issue was exploited.

Recommendations For macOS Ventura versions prior to 13.3, update to macOS Ventura 13.3 to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting the installation of apps to only those that are trusted and verified by Gatekeeper until the update is applied.

Fix

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-254

Related Identifiers

BDU:2024-00527

CVE-2023-40433

Affected Products

Apple Macos

Macos Ventura

References · 8

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-40433 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2024-00527 · Security Note
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213670 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-40433 · Security Note
• https://twitter.com/VulmonFeeds/status/1745230385028411644 · Twitter Post
• https://t.me/cvenotify/67755 · Telegram Post
• https://cybersecurity-help.cz/vdb/SB2023032802 · Note
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1745211705121243387 · Twitter Post