Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Feb 21, 2024· Updated Nov 4, 2025

CVE-2023-42942

Description

This issue was addressed with improved handling of symlinks. This issue is fixed in watchOS 10.1, macOS Sonoma 14.1, tvOS 17.1, iOS 16.7.2 and iPadOS 16.7.2, iOS 17.1 and iPadOS 17.1, macOS Ventura 13.6.1. A malicious app may be able to gain root privileges.

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Affected products

Apple Inc./Multiple Apple operating systemsllm-create
Range: watchOS 10.1, macOS Sonoma 14.1, macOS Ventura 13.6.1, tvOS 17.1, iOS 16.7.2, iOS 17.1, iPadOS 16.7.2, iPadOS 17.1
Apple Inc./tvOSv5
Range: unspecified
Apple Inc./macOSv5
Range: unspecified
Apple Inc./watchOSv5
Range: unspecified
Apple Inc./iOS and iPadOScpe-rescue
Range: unspecified

Patches

Vulnerability mechanics

References

support.apple.com/en-us/HT213981mitre
support.apple.com/en-us/HT213982mitre
support.apple.com/en-us/HT213984mitre
support.apple.com/en-us/HT213985mitre
support.apple.com/en-us/HT213987mitre
support.apple.com/en-us/HT213988mitre

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