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CVE-2023-42896
An issue was addressed with improved handling of temporary files. This issue is fixed in macOS Monterey 12.7.2, macOS Ventura 13.6.3, iOS…
Medium5.5EPSS 0.20%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- apple
Description
An issue was addressed with improved handling of temporary files. This issue is fixed in macOS Monterey 12.7.2, macOS Ventura 13.6.3, iOS 17.2 and iPadOS 17.2, iOS 16.7.3 and iPadOS 16.7.3, macOS Sonoma 14.2. An app may be able to modify protected parts of the file system.
Timeline
ID reserved
By apple
- 7 months later
· 7 months later
Published
- 23 months later
· 23 months later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CISA-ADPADP (enrichment) | 3.1 | Medium5.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Medium5.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.20% · top 90% of all CVEs (7 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.5.
Weakness
- An app may be able to modify protected parts of the file system
- CWE-862 Missing Authorization (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-862 and its CVEs
Affected products
- affected unspecified – < 17.2
- affected unspecified – < 16.7
- affected unspecified – < 13.6
- affected unspecified – < 12.7
- affected unspecified – < 14.2
References (9)
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT214035 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT214034 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT214038 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT214037 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT214036 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT214038 (opens in a new tab)
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT214037 (opens in a new tab)
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT214036 (opens in a new tab)
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT214035 (opens in a new tab)
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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[](https://trackcve.app/cve/CVE-2023-42896)Record last updated .