PT-2023-8358 · Apple · Safari+1

Muhammad Samaak + 1 · Published 2023-10-25 · Updated 2023-11-02 · CVE-2023-42438

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

5.0

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Safari versions prior to macOS Sonoma 14.1

Description The issue is related to errors in the representation of information by the user interface, which can be exploited by a remote attacker to spoof the user interface. Visiting a malicious website may lead to user interface spoofing. This is a variant of a regression bug.

Recommendations For versions prior to macOS Sonoma 14.1, update to macOS Sonoma 14.1 to fix the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider avoiding visits to untrusted websites to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Fix

UI Misrepresentation of Critical Information

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-451

Related Identifiers

BDU:2024-00547

CVE-2023-42438

Affected Products

Apple Macos

Safari

References · 8

• https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213984 · Vendor Advisory
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213984 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-42438 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2024-00547 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-42438 · Security Note
• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/24 · Note
• https://twitter.com/rafaybaloch/status/1717865128484327774 · Twitter Post
• https://cybersecurity-help.cz/vdb/SB2023102576 · Note