CVE-2023-42828 is a privilege escalation vulnerability affecting Apple macOS Ventura, specifically fixed in version 13.5. An unprivileged application could exploit this flaw to gain root privileges on the system. With a CVSS score of 7.8 (High), this vulnerability requires user interaction (UI:R) but has low attack complexity (AC:L), posing a significant risk of complete compromise (C:H, I:H, A:H). Currently, there is no public exploit code available (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB: None), it is not listed in CISA's KEV catalog, and it has received minimal community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 13.5CPE match | cpe:2.3:a:apple:macos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 13.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.