CVE-2023-41992

7.8

CVSS
High

PUBLISHED

The issue was addressed with improved checks. This issue is fixed in macOS Monterey 12.7, iOS 16.7 and iPadOS 16.7, macOS Ventura 13.6. A local...

Exploited in the wild Low complexity No user interaction

Vendor: Apple
Product: macOS, iOS and iPadOS
Published: Sep 21, 2023
EPSS: —

Description

The issue was addressed with improved checks. This issue is fixed in macOS Monterey 12.7, iOS 16.7 and iPadOS 16.7, macOS Ventura 13.6. A local attacker may be able to elevate their privileges. Apple is aware of a report that this issue may have been actively exploited against versions of iOS before iOS 16.7.

macos ios cisa nessus_scanner

CVSS scores

CVSS v3.1 7.8 High

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

Exploitation status

Exploited in the wild

Recorded 2023-09-25 00:00:00 UTC · Source

SSVC decision points

Exploitation: active
Automatable: No
Technical impact: total

References

Known exploited vulnerability sources

Catalogues that list this CVE as a known exploited vulnerability.

Source	Added
CISA	Sep 25, 2023

Scanner integrations

Scanner	Reference	Detected
Nessus	https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/181843	Jun 02, 2025

Vulnerability detail