Medium severity5.5NVD Advisory· Published Mar 28, 2024· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2023-42896
CVE-2023-42896
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.
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Affected products
8- Range: 17.2, 16.7.3
17.2, 16.7.3+ 1 more
- (no CPE)range: 17.2, 16.7.3
- cpe:2.3:o:apple:ipados:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <16.7.3
Monterey 12.7.2, Ventura 13.6.3, Sonoma 14.2+ 2 more
- (no CPE)range: Monterey 12.7.2, Ventura 13.6.3, Sonoma 14.2
- (no CPE)range: unspecified
- cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: >=12.0,<12.7.2
- Range: unspecified
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References
9- support.apple.com/en-us/HT214034nvdRelease NotesVendor Advisory
- support.apple.com/en-us/HT214035nvdRelease NotesVendor Advisory
- support.apple.com/en-us/HT214036nvdRelease NotesVendor Advisory
- support.apple.com/en-us/HT214037nvdRelease NotesVendor Advisory
- support.apple.com/en-us/HT214038nvdRelease NotesVendor Advisory
- support.apple.com/kb/HT214035nvd
- support.apple.com/kb/HT214036nvd
- support.apple.com/kb/HT214037nvd
- support.apple.com/kb/HT214038nvd
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