CVE-2023-42824

7.8

CVSS
High

PUBLISHED

The issue was addressed with improved checks. This issue is fixed in iOS 16.7.1 and iPadOS 16.7.1. A local attacker may be able to elevate their...

Exploited in the wild Low complexity No user interaction

Vendor: Apple
Product: iOS and iPadOS
Published: Oct 04, 2023
EPSS: —

Description

The issue was addressed with improved checks. This issue is fixed in iOS 16.7.1 and iPadOS 16.7.1. 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 16.6.

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 2023-10-05 00:00:00 UTC · Source

SSVC decision points

Exploitation: active
Automatable: No
Technical impact: total

References

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213972

Known exploited vulnerability sources

Catalogues that list this CVE as a known exploited vulnerability.

Source	Added
CISA	Oct 05, 2023

Scanner integrations

Scanner	Reference	Detected
Nessus	https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/182952	Jun 02, 2025

Vulnerability detail