Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in macOS - CVE-2023-42958
Published: July 22, 2024
Vulnerability identifier: #VU94648
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 8.5 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2023-42958
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.
The vulnerability exists due to MobileStorageMounter does not properly impose security restrictions, which leads to security restrictions bypass and privilege escalation.
Affected software
macOS
How to mitigate CVE-2023-42958
Install updates from vendor's website.
macOS - update to 13.4 22F66