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CVE-2023-23520

UNKNOWN
Published 2023-02-27T00:00:00.000Z
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CVSS Score

V3.1
5.9
/10
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Base Score Metrics
Exploitability: N/A Impact: N/A

EPSS Score

v2025.03.14
0.001
probability
of exploitation in the wild

There is a 0.1% chance that this vulnerability will be exploited in the wild within the next 30 days.

Updated: 2025-06-25
Exploit Probability
Percentile: 0.295
Higher than 29.5% of all CVEs

Attack Vector Metrics

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED

Impact Metrics

Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
NONE
Availability
NONE

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.

Available Exploits

No exploits available for this CVE.

Related News

No news articles found for this CVE.

Affected Products

Apple

iOS and iPadOS

Affected Versions:

unspecified
Apple

tvOS

Affected Versions:

unspecified
Apple

macOS

Affected Versions:

unspecified
Apple

watchOS

Affected Versions:

unspecified

GitHub Security Advisories

Community-driven vulnerability intelligence from GitHub

⚠ Unreviewed MODERATE

GHSA-p22w-hm7x-wwfc

Advisory Details

A race condition was addressed with additional validation. This issue is fixed in macOS Ventura 13.2, iOS 16.3 and iPadOS 16.3. A user may be able to read arbitrary files as root.

CVSS Scoring

CVSS Score

5.0

CVSS Vector

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

References

ADVISORY https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-23520
WEB https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213599
WEB https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213601
WEB https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213605
WEB https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213606
WEB https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213599
WEB https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213601

Advisory provided by GitHub Security Advisory Database. Published: February 27, 2023, Modified: March 8, 2023

References

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213606
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213601
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213605
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213599
Published: 2023-02-27T00:00:00.000Z
Last Modified: 2025-03-11T17:21:55.767Z
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