CVE-2023-41992: Apple Multiple Products Kernel Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability (KEV)

Description

Apple iOS, iPadOS, macOS, and watchOS contain an unspecified vulnerability that allows for local privilege escalation.

Required action (CISA)

Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

Notes

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213926, https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213927, https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213928, https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213929, https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213931, https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213932; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-41992

Weakness behind it

CISA records this vulnerability as an instance of CWE-754. From there the chain continues into CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques, all inside this corpus.

References

• NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-41992
• KEV catalog: https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog