CVE-2023-41979
CVSS 3.1 Score 4.7 of 10 (medium)
Details
Published Sep 27, 2023
Updated: Oct 5, 2023
CWE ID 362
Summary
CVE-2023-41979 is a recently identified race condition vulnerability in macOS Sonoma. This issue involved inadequate locking mechanisms that left certain parts of the file system susceptible to unauthorized modification by applications. The vulnerability has been addressed with improved locking in the latest macOS Sonoma update. The successful exploitation of this issue could potentially allow an app to make significant changes to protected files and directories. This security weakness posed a potential risk to users' data and system integrity.
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Affected Products
- MacOS
Affected Vendors
- Apple
Advisories, Assessments, and Mitigations
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