State Issues in macOS - CVE-2023-28202

 

State Issues in macOS - CVE-2023-28202

Published: May 18, 2023


Vulnerability identifier: #VU76346
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4 BT: 0.4 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear]
CVE-ID: CVE-2023-28202
CWE-ID: CWE-371
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability may allow local application to bypass implemented security issues.

The vulnerability exists due to state management issue in System Settings. An app firewall setting may not take effect after exiting the Settings app.


Affected software

macOS
watchOS
iPadOS
Apple iOS
tvOS

How to mitigate CVE-2023-28202

Install updates from vendor's website.

macOS - update to 13.4 22F66
watchOS - update to 9.5 20T562
iPadOS - update to 16.5 20F66
Apple iOS - update to 16.5 20F66
tvOS - update to 16.5 20L562

External References

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