CVE-2023-23520

Published Feb 27, 2023 CVSS 3.1 · 5.9 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
A race condition was addressed with additional validation. This issue is fixed in watchOS 9.3, tvOS 16.3, macOS Ventura 13.2, iOS 16.3 and iPadOS 16.3. A user may be able to read arbitrary files as root.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

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Advisories

Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2023-27620 A race condition was addressed with additional validation. This issue is fixed in watchOS 9.3, tvOS 16.3, macOS Ventura 13.2, iOS 16.3 and iPadOS 16.3. A user may be able to read arbitrary files as root.
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{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

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Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
apple
Published
Updated
Mar 11, 2025, 5:21 PM
Reserved
Jan 12, 2023, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Feb 27, 2023, 8:15 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 5:37 AM