CVE-2023-41979

medium

Description

A race condition was addressed with improved locking. This issue is fixed in macOS Sonoma 14. An app may be able to modify protected parts of the file system.

References

https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213940

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213940

http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/3

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2023-09-27

Updated: 2026-06-17

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:N

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 4.7

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