{"id":"CVE-2023-23520","published":"2023-02-27T00:00:00Z","modified":"2025-03-11T17:21:55Z","title":"A race condition was addressed with additional validation","vendor":"Apple","product":"iOS and iPadOS","tier":"tail","description":{"text":"A race condition was addressed with additional validation. This issue is fixed in watchOS 9.3, tvOS 16.3, macOS Ventura 13.2, iOS 16.3 and iPadOS 16.3. A user may be able to read arbitrary files as root.","provenance":"source","from":"CVE.org"},"cvss":{"score":5.9,"severity":"MEDIUM","version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N","provenance":"source","from":"CISA ADP Vulnrichment"},"epss":{"score":0.00807,"percentile":0.56681,"provenance":"source"},"cwes":[{"id":"CWE-367","name":"Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition"}],"references":[{"url":"https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213606","tags":[]},{"url":"https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213601","tags":[]},{"url":"https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213605","tags":[]},{"url":"https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213599","tags":[]}],"priority":{"score":15.5,"factors":[{"name":"EPSS percentile","points":11.34},{"name":"CVSS severity","points":4.13}]},"vendorSlug":"apple","affectedVersions":[{"vendor":"Apple","product":"iOS and iPadOS","versions":[">= unspecified, < 16.3"]},{"vendor":"Apple","product":"tvOS","versions":[">= unspecified, < 16.3"]},{"vendor":"Apple","product":"macOS","versions":[">= unspecified, < 13.2"]},{"vendor":"Apple","product":"watchOS","versions":[">= unspecified, < 9.3"]}],"euvd":{"id":"EUVD-2023-27620","exploited":false,"provenance":"source"},"lineage":{"familyId":"fam-class-apple-ios-macos-cwe-367"}}