high7.8Known exploited
CVE-2023-41992
Apple Multiple Products Kernel Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Exploited in the wild
This vulnerability is on a Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalogue, added 2023-09-25. Federal due date: 2023-10-16.
Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
Impact
The issue was addressed with improved checks. This issue is fixed in macOS Monterey 12.7, iOS 16.7 and iPadOS 16.7, macOS Ventura 13.6. A local attacker may be able to elevate their privileges. Apple is aware of a report that this issue may have been actively exploited against versions of iOS before iOS 16.7.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| Apple | Ipados | before 16.7 Version 17.0 |
| Apple | Iphone Os | before 16.7 Version 17.0 |
| Apple | Macos | from 12.0 before 12.7 from 13.0 before 13.6 |
Weakness classification
References
- NVD record
- CVE.org record
- CISA KEV catalog
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213927
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213931
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213932
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213927
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213931
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213932
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213927
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213932
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2023-41992