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OS X update for XProtectFramework (CVE-2023-41979)

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Severity

CVSS

(AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:N)

Published

Sep 28, 2023

Added

Sep 28, 2023

Modified

Mar 27, 2026

Description

A race condition was addressed with improved locking. This issue is fixed in macOS Sonoma 14. An app may be able to modify protected parts of the file system.

Solution

apple-osx-upgrade-latest

References

CVE-2023-41979
https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2023-41979
CWE-362
EUVD-EUVD-2023-46438
https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2023-46438
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213940

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