PT-2023-8481 · Apple · Ios+3

Kirin · Published 2023-07-24 · Updated 2025-06-11 · CVE-2023-40439

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

3.3

Low

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions iOS versions prior to 16.6 iPadOS versions prior to 16.6 macOS Ventura versions prior to 13.5

Description A privacy issue was addressed with improved private data redaction for log entries. This issue may allow an app to read sensitive location information. The vulnerability is related to the disclosure of information through registration files in the Accounts component of macOS, iOS, and iPadOS operating systems.

Recommendations For iOS versions prior to 16.6, update to iOS 16.6 to resolve the issue. For iPadOS versions prior to 16.6, update to iPadOS 16.6 to resolve the issue. For macOS Ventura versions prior to 13.5, update to macOS Ventura 13.5 to resolve the issue.

Fix

Insertion into Log File

Path traversal

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-532

CWE-22

Related Identifiers

BDU:2024-00960

CVE-2023-40439

Affected Products

Apple Macos

Ios

Ipados

Macos Ventura

References · 9

• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213841 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-40439 · Security Note
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213843 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2024-00960 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-40439 · Vendor Advisory
• https://t.me/cvenotify/67761 · Telegram Post
• https://twitter.com/VulmonFeeds/status/1745230131952484451 · Twitter Post
• https://t.me/cvenotify/100848 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/cvenotify/125406 · Telegram Post