CVE-2023-42887 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

An access issue was addressed with additional sandbox restrictions. This issue is fixed in macOS Ventura 13.6.4, macOS Sonoma 14.2. An app may be able to read arbitrary files.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Apple	Macos

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos::::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos::::::::

No data.

References

Link	Providers
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Jan/37
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT214036
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT214058
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT214036

History

Mon, 16 Jun 2025 20:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: apple

Published: 2024-01-23T00:25:38.040Z

Updated: 2025-06-16T19:41:36.368Z

Reserved: 2023-09-14T19:05:11.459Z

Link: CVE-2023-42887

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T19:30:25.361Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2024-01-23T01:15:09.910

Modified: 2025-06-16T20:15:25.120

Link: CVE-2023-42887

Redhat

No data.

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