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CVE-2023-42860: A permissions issue was addressed with additional restrictions.

Noroxi assessment

Priority: Monitor (action score 22/100)

  • Public proof-of-concept code exists (GitHub); there is no record of exploitation in the wild.
  • Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.49% (FIRST EPSS).
  • Someone with local access to the system can trigger it. No account or password is required. A user must open a link or visit a page. No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
  • According to the record, no fixed version is available yet.

Low priority for now. Update when a fix is released; follow the vendor's advisory.

Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it

Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS

A permissions issue was addressed with additional restrictions. This issue is fixed in macOS Sonoma 14.1, macOS Monterey 12.7.1, macOS Ventura 13.6.1. An app may be able to modify protected parts of the file system.

MediumCVSS 5.5 · v3.1—Proof of concept No fix recorded
Published
Feb 21, 2024
Updated
Jun 17, 2026
EPSS
0.4% · 42th percentile

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Action score

22

Monitor

Low priority for now.

CVSS
22 / 40 · 5.5 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
0 / 30 · 0.4%

CISA SSVC decision

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
total

Vulnrichment: CISA's decision-tree inputs.

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  • Proof of concept exists, no weaponized module
  • No fixed version yet

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Affected systems

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VendorProduct
applemacos

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

  • apple macos12.0 and later · before 12.7.1
  • apple macos13.0 and later · before 13.6.1
  • apple macos14.0

Versions reported by the vendor

Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (apple). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.

  • Apple macOS

    • unspecified and later · before 14.1affected
    • unspecified and later · before 13.6affected
    • unspecified and later · before 12.7affected

Same product

apple: all records

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

  • CVE-2025-31200A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved bounds checking.KEV
    75This week
  • CVE-2025-31201This issue was addressed by removing the vulnerable code.KEV
    73This week
  • CVE-2026-65400An authentication issue was addressed with improved state management.KEV
    70This week

Published before and after this one in the same product

  • ← EarlierCVE-2023-42858Feb 21, 2024 · The issue was addressed with improved checks.
    22Monitor
  • ← EarlierCVE-2023-42859Feb 21, 2024 · The issue was addressed with improved checks.
    22Monitor
  • Later →CVE-2023-42877Feb 21, 2024 · The issue was addressed with improved checks.
    22Monitor

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

No fix version is recorded for this entry. Check the references for vendor advisories.

Exploit status

Proof of concept available

A public proof of concept or detection signature exists. Exploit knowledge is out there; don't delay patching.

Evidence

  • Proof-of-concept repository on GitHub ×1

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Public exploit evidence
SourceKindDate
Proof-of-concept repository on GitHubstars:32024-04-09

Research context

For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.

Timeline

From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.

  1. Published
  2. First PoC+48 d
  3. TodayOct 30, 2026+983 d

No history yet (it accumulates with the daily EPSS job).

Patch and commit links

Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.

No commit or PR link among the references.

Credits

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No credits in the CNA record.

Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

  • CVE-2025-24233404 days apartA permissions issue was addressed with additional restrictions.
    39Monitor
  • CVE-2024-44270250 days apartA logic issue was addressed with improved validation.
    34Monitor
  • CVE-2024-2779883 days apartAn authorization issue was addressed with improved state management.
    31Monitor
  • CVE-2024-44305393 days apartThis issue was addressed by removing the vulnerable code.
    31Monitor
  • CVE-2024-44289250 days apartA privacy issue was addressed with improved private data redaction for log entries.
    30Monitor
  • CVE-2023-4199442 days apartA logic issue was addressed with improved checks This issue is fixed in macOS Sonoma 14.
    22Monitor

Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

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Bug bounty scope

No known public program.

Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).

Technical details

Attack conditions

  • Someone with local access to the system can trigger it.
  • No account or password is required.
  • A user must open a link or visit a page.
  • No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

Confidentiality
none
Integrity
high · data or configuration can be modified
Availability
none
Attack vector
Local
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
None
User interaction
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality impact
None
Integrity impact
High
Availability impact
None

Weakness class (CWE)

CWE-863 · Incorrect Authorization

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

nvd-primary

Attack context

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MITRE has no CAPEC/ATT&CK mapping for this CWE.

Change log

No changes recorded on tracked fields yet. Score, KEV, exploit maturity and fix status changes appear here.

References

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