CVE-2023-42931

highpriority · track · 41EPSS 0.012 · 67 %ileexploit · PoCDEEUUS

grimoire priorityP1 · Urgent

Exploitable?

Public exploit

2 exploits · PoC

Likely / severe?

1.17% (67th) EPSS

CVSS 7.8 · high

Is it mine?

6 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

4 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · nvd · cert_bund

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

The issue was addressed with improved checks. This issue is fixed in macOS Ventura 13.6.3, macOS Sonoma 14.2, macOS Monterey 12.7.2. A process may gain admin privileges without proper authentication.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

8.3

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v3.17.8highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 1.8 · impact 5.9

v3.18.3highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Lsecondary · ENISA EU

v3.18.3highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Lsecondaryexploitability 2.8 · impact 5.5

v3.17.4highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:Psecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

ssvc

A stakeholder decision — act, attend, or track — from exploitation and impact.

Exploitation: poc · Automatable: no · Technical Impact: totalcoordinatorcisa_ssvcUS

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-280US

exploits (2)

Public proof-of-concept and weaponised exploit code.

affected products (6)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

Apple macOSunspecified → 12.7enisa_euvdEU
Apple macOSunspecified → 13.6enisa_euvdEU
Apple macOSunspecified → 14.2enisa_euvdEU
apple macos12.0 → 12.7.2nvdUScpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple macos13.0 → 13.6.3nvdUScpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple macos14.0 → 14.2nvdUScpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

advisories (1)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

WID-SEC-W-2023-3094Apple macOS: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2023-12-11csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein entfernter anonymer Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in Apple macOS ausnutzen, um beliebigen Code auszuführen, Sicherheitsmaßnahmen zu umgehen, einen Denial-of-Service-Zustand zu verursachen oder vertrauliche Informationen offenzulegen.

also known as (3)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd nvd cert_bund NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2024-03-28modified 2026-06-17

references (14)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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