CVE-2023-41987 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

This issue was addressed with improved checks. This issue is fixed in macOS Sonoma 14. An app may be able to access sensitive user data.

Published: 2024-01-10

Score: 5.5 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

Apple

macOS

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`unspecified`	affected	< 14

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

No data.

No data available yet.

Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

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No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

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.

The EPSS score is 0.00122.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213940
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213940

History

Tue, 04 Nov 2025 20:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
References		https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213940

Tue, 17 Jun 2025 16:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Weaknesses		CWE-200

Thu, 14 Nov 2024 15:15:00 +0000

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

Subscriptions

Apple Macos

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: apple

Published: 2024-01-10T22:03:19.135Z

Updated: 2025-11-04T19:21:37.286Z

Reserved: 2023-09-06T17:40:06.141Z

Link: CVE-2023-41987

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T19:09:49.383Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2024-01-10T22:15:49.290

Modified: 2025-11-04T20:16:47.600

Link: CVE-2023-41987

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

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