CVE-2023-41902

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Published Sep 20, 2023 CVSS 3.1 · 7.8 High EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed

Description

An XPC misconfiguration vulnerability in CoreCode MacUpdater before 2.3.8, and 3.x before 3.1.2, allows attackers to escalate privileges by crafting malicious .pkg files.

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:corecode:macupdater::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:corecode:macupdater::::::::

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Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2023-46380	An XPC misconfiguration vulnerability in CoreCode MacUpdater before 2.3.8, and 3.x before 3.1.2, allows attackers to escalate privileges by crafting malicious .pkg files.

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

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.

Exploit prediction score: < 1% (0.234% probability within 30 days)

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

References

Link	Providers
https://gist.github.com/NSEcho/5d048a0796ceef59d6b1df1659bd1057
https://www.corecode.io/macupdater/history2.html
https://www.corecode.io/macupdater/history3.html

History

Sep 25, 2024 3:30 PM Scoring metrics updated View changes

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

Subscriptions

Corecode Macupdater

Weaknesses

CWE-434

Sources

CVE record Updated: Sep 25, 2024, 2:15 PM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: Sep 20, 2023, 12:00 AM
Updated: Sep 25, 2024, 2:15 PM
Reserved: Sep 5, 2023, 12:00 AM

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Vulnrichment Updated: Aug 2, 2024, 7:09 PM

Updated: Aug 2, 2024, 7:09 PM

NVD Updated: Jun 17, 2026, 6:23 AM

Status: Modified
Published: Sep 20, 2023, 2:15 PM
Modified: Jun 17, 2026, 6:23 AM

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