PT-2025-16124 · Apple · Safari

CVE-2023-42973 · Published 2023-09-18 · Updated 2025-04-11

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

4.0

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Safari versions prior to iOS 17 and iPadOS 17

Description: The issue allows Private Browsing tabs to be accessed without authentication. This was addressed with improved UI.

Recommendations: For versions prior to iOS 17 and iPadOS 17, update to iOS 17 or iPadOS 17 to resolve the issue.

Fix

LPE

Improper Authorization

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-285

Related Identifiers

BDU:2025-05142

CVE-2023-42973

Affected Products

Safari

References · 10

• https://support.apple.com/en-us/120949 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-42973 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2025-05142 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-42973 · Vendor Advisory
• https://support.apple.com/ru-ru/120949 · Note
• https://t.me/cvedetector/22753 · Telegram Post
• https://twitter.com/WolfgangSesin/status/1910724842770268646 · Twitter Post
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1910730088423047564 · Twitter Post
• https://twitter.com/VulmonFeeds/status/1910743796414886160 · Twitter Post
• https://t.me/cvetracker/21432 · Telegram Post