medium
4.7
CWE
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Advisory Published
CVE Published
Updated

CVE-2023-27952: Race Condition

First published: Mon Mar 27 2023(Updated: )

A race condition was addressed with improved locking. This issue is fixed in macOS Ventura 13.3. An app may bypass Gatekeeper checks

Credit: product-security@apple.com Csaba Fitzl @theevilbit Offensive SecurityZhongquan Li @Guluisacat Dawn Security Lab of JingDongMickey Jin @patch1t Mickey Jin @patch1t Kandji KandjiCsaba Fitzl @theevilbit KandjiMateen Alinaghi Claudio Bozzato Cisco TalosFrancesco Benvenuto Cisco TalosYadhu Krishna M Cyber Security At Suma Soft PvtNarendra Bhati Cyber Security At Suma Soft PvtManager Cyber Security At Suma Soft PvtPune (India) Wojciech Regula SecuRing Dawn Security Lab of JingDongKirin @Pwnrin Joshua Jones Adam M. Jiwon Park an anonymous researcher Marcio Almeida Tanto SecurityBistrit Dahal Srijan Poudel Jiahui Hu (梅零落) NorthSeaMeng Zhang (鲸落) NorthSeaArsenii Kostromin (0x3c3e) Huang Xilin Ant Group LightMaksymilian Motyl Johan Carlsson (joaxcar) Seunghyun Lee @0x10n KAIST Hacking Lab working with Trend Micro Zero Day InitiativeCVE-2024-4558 Matthew Butler Gary Kwong Andreas Jaegersberger Ro Achterberg CertiK SkyFall Team sqrtpwn Minghao Lin Zhejiang UniversityJiaxun Zhu Zhejiang UniversityPatrick Wardle DoubleYouCVE-2024-40805 Rodolphe BRUNETTI @eisw0lf CVE-2024-6387 Ye Zhang @VAR10CK Baidu SecurityJunsung Lee Trend Micro Zero Day InitiativeGandalf4a Amir Bazine CrowdStrike Counter Adversary OperationsKarsten König CrowdStrike Counter Adversary OperationsCVE-2024-2004 CVE-2024-2379 CVE-2024-2398 CVE-2024-2466 Yann Gascuel Alter Solutionsw0wbox CVE-2023-6277 CVE-2023-52356 Yisumi CrowdStrike Counter Adversary OperationsD4m0n IES Red Team ByteDanceYeto Michael DePlante @izobashi Trend Micro Zero Day InitiativeXin Huang @11iaxH CVE-2023-0049 CVE-2023-0051 CVE-2023-0054 CVE-2023-0288 CVE-2023-0433 CVE-2023-0512 Gertjan Franken imecKU Leuven hazbinhotel Trend Micro Zero Day InitiativeGeorgy Kucherin @kucher1n KasperskyLeonid Bezvershenko @bzvr_ KasperskyBoris Larin @oct0xor Kaspersky KasperskyValentin Pashkov KasperskyAnonymous Trend Micro Zero Day InitiativeDohyun Lee @l33d0hyun SSD Labscrixer @pwning_me SSD LabsABC Research s.r.o. Mohamed Ghannam @_simo36 Brandon Dalton @partyD0lphin Red CanaryChan Shue Long Offensive Security Offensive SecurityRıza Sabuncu @rizasabuncu Yiğit Can YILMAZ @yilmazcanyigit JeongOhKyea Tingting Yin Tsinghua UniversityJunoh Lee at Theori CVE-2022-43551 CVE-2022-43552 Aleksandar Nikolic Cisco TalosMikko Kenttälä ) @Turmio_ SensorFuJubaer Alnazi TRS Group of Companiesjzhu Trend Micro Zero Day InitiativeMeysam Firouzi @R00tkitSMM Mbition Mercedesryuzaki Murray Mike Pan ZhenPeng @Peterpan0927 STAR Labs SG PteFélix Poulin-Bélanger David Pan Ogea Xinru Chi Pangu LabNed Williamson Google Project ZeroAdam Doupé ASU SEFCOMan anonymous researcher Red CanaryMilan Tenk F FArthur Valiev FZweig Kunlun LabZhuowei Zhang developStorm Khiem Tran Mickey Jin @patch1t FFRI Security IncKoh M. Nakagawa FFRI Security IncMasahiro Kawada @kawakatz GMO Cybersecurity by IeraeJubaer Alnazi Jabin TRS Group Of Companies Alibaba GroupWenchao Li Alibaba GroupXiaolong Bai Alibaba GroupGuilherme Rambo Best Buddy Apps

Affected SoftwareAffected VersionHow to fix
Apple macOS<13.3
Apple macOS<14.6
14.6
Apple macOS<13.3
13.3
<14.6
14.6

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Frequently Asked Questions

  • What is CVE-2023-27952?

    CVE-2023-27952 is a vulnerability in Safari that allows an app to bypass Gatekeeper checks due to a race condition.

  • What is the severity of CVE-2023-27952?

    The severity of CVE-2023-27952 is medium, with a severity value of 4.7.

  • How was CVE-2023-27952 addressed?

    CVE-2023-27952 was addressed by improving locking to fix the race condition in Safari.

  • Which operating systems are affected by CVE-2023-27952?

    CVE-2023-27952 affects macOS Ventura 13.3 and Apple iPadOS up to version 13.3.

  • How can I fix the CVE-2023-27952 vulnerability?

    To fix the CVE-2023-27952 vulnerability, update your macOS Ventura to version 13.3 or later and update your Apple iPadOS to version 13.3 or later.

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