PT-2023-8359 · Apple · Apple Macos

Noah Roskin-Frazee + 1 · Published 2023-10-25 · Updated 2023-11-02 · CVE-2023-40444

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 Sonoma versions prior to 14.1

Description A permissions issue was addressed with additional restrictions. This issue may allow an app to access user-sensitive data. The vulnerability is related to insufficient access restrictions in the AppSandbox component of the macOS operating system, which could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary commands.

Recommendations For macOS Sonoma versions prior to 14.1, update to macOS Sonoma 14.1 to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to sensitive user data until the update is applied.

Fix

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-264

Related Identifiers

BDU:2024-00548

CVE-2023-40444

Affected Products

Apple Macos

References · 10

• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2024-00548 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-40444 · Security Note
• https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213984 · Vendor Advisory
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213984 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-40444 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cybersecurity-help.cz/vdb/SB2023102576 · Note
• https://t.me/cvenotify/59983 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/cvenotify/60010 · Telegram Post
• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/24 · Note
• https://t.me/cibsecurity/72833 · Telegram Post