CVE-2023-38609

Severity Score

7.5

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

Attend

*SSVC

Descriptions

An injection issue was addressed with improved input validation. This issue is fixed in macOS Ventura 13.5. An app may be able to bypass certain Privacy preferences.

*Credits: N/A

CVSS Scores

NISTv3.1 7.5

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

High

Availability

None

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:Attend

Exploitation

None

Automatable

Yes

Tech. Impact

Partial

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2023-07-20 CVE Reserved
2023-07-28 CVE Published
2024-03-06 First Exploit
2024-08-29 EPSS Updated
2024-10-22 CVE Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date

CWE

CWE-74: Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component ('Injection')

CAPEC

References (3)

URL	Tag	Source

URL	Date	SRC
https://github.com/mc-17/CVE-2023-38609	2024-03-06

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213843	2023-08-03
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213843	2023-08-03

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Apple Search vendor "Apple"		Macos Search vendor "Apple" for product "Macos"				>= 13.0 < 13.5 Search vendor "Apple" for product "Macos" and version " >= 13.0 < 13.5"		-		Affected