CVE-2023-42942

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.

• CWE-59
• CWE-59

• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213981Vendor Advisory
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213982Vendor Advisory
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213984Vendor Advisory
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213985Vendor Advisory
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213987Vendor Advisory
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213988Vendor Advisory
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213981Vendor Advisory
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213982Vendor Advisory
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213984Vendor Advisory
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213985Vendor Advisory
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213987Vendor Advisory
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213988Vendor Advisory
• https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213982
• https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213984
• https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213988

Published

Feb 21, 2024

Last Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Status

Modified

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