Race condition in macOS - CVE-2023-41979
Published: September 26, 2023
Vulnerability identifier: #VU81194
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 8.4 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2023-41979
CWE-ID: CWE-362
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a local application to escalate privileges on the system.
The vulnerability exists due to a race condition in XProtectFramework. A local application can modify protected parts of the file system.
Affected software
macOS
How to mitigate CVE-2023-41979
Install updates from vendor's website.
macOS - update to 14.0 23A344