CVE-2023-41989 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

The issue was addressed by restricting options offered on a locked device. This issue is fixed in macOS Sonoma 14.1. An attacker may be able to execute arbitrary code as root from the Lock Screen.

Published: 2023-10-25

Score: 6.8 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	< 14.1

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

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2023-46448	The issue was addressed by restricting options offered on a locked device. This issue is fixed in macOS Sonoma 14.1. An attacker may be able to execute arbitrary code as root from the Lock Screen.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Physical

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00114.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

References

Link	Providers
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/24
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213984
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213984
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT214037
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT214038

History

Thu, 13 Feb 2025 18:15:00 +0000

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

Subscriptions

Apple Macos

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: apple

Published: 2023-10-25T18:32:17.820Z

Updated: 2025-02-13T17:09:12.250Z

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

Link: CVE-2023-41989

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T19:09:49.619Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-10-25T19:15:10.210

Modified: 2024-11-21T08:22:03.623

Link: CVE-2023-41989

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-noinfo

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