SARA / Free Tools / CVE / CVE-2023-42942

CVE-2023-42942 — This issue was addressed with improved handling of symlinks

This issue was addressed with improved handling of symlinks. This issue is fixed in watchOS 10.1, macOS Sonoma 14.1, tvOS 17.1, iOS 16.7.2 and iPadOS 16.7.2, iOS 17.1 and iPadOS 17.1, macOS Ventura 13.6.1. A malicious app may be able to gain root privileges.

CVSS
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EPSS
0.10% (top 73.50%)
CWE
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Published
2024-02-21T06:41:01.832Z
Last modified
2025-11-04T19:24:47.064Z
CVSS vector
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01What is this vulnerability?

This issue was addressed with improved handling of symlinks. This issue is fixed in watchOS 10.1, macOS Sonoma 14.1, tvOS 17.1, iOS 16.7.2 and iPadOS 16.7.2, iOS 17.1 and iPadOS 17.1, macOS Ventura 13.6.1. A malicious app may be able to gain root privileges.

02Affected products

VendorProductVersions
AppleiOS and iPadOSunspecified
AppletvOSunspecified
ApplemacOSunspecified
ApplewatchOSunspecified
ApplemacOSunspecified
AppleiOS and iPadOSunspecified

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

09References

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