Apple macOS Monterey privilege escalation | CVE-2023-40423

NAME
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Apple macOS Monterey privilege escalation

Platforms Affected:
Apple macOS Monterey 12.7.0

Risk Level:
7.8

Exploitability:
Unproven

Consequences:
Gain Privileges

DESCRIPTION
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Apple macOS Monterey could allow a local attacker to gain elevated privileges on the system, caused by an issue in the IOTextEncryptionFamily component. By using a specially crafted application, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges.

CVSS 3.0 Information
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Privileges Required:
None

User Interaction:
Required

Scope:
Unchanged

Access Vector:
Local



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