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CVE-2023-41992

Apple Multiple Products Kernel Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

KEVHIGH 7.8EPSS 2.92%

Does this matter?

Known to be exploited in the wild (CISA KEV, CISA remediation deadline 16 October 2023). Treat as an emergency change: patch or isolate now, then hunt for prior compromise.

Description

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.

CVSS 3.1
7.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS
2.92% probability · 86th percentile
CISA KEV
Listed 25 September 2023 · due 16 October 2023
Weakness
CWE-754
Affected
apple/ipados · apple/iphone os · apple/macos
Source
product-security@apple.com

CISA notes

Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable. https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213926, https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213927, https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213928, https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213929, https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213931, https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213932; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-41992

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.