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OS X update for Accessibility (CVE-2023-40442)

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OS X update for Accessibility (CVE-2023-40442)

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
09/11/2023
Created
09/11/2023
Added
09/11/2023
Modified
10/16/2023

Description

A privacy issue was addressed with improved private data redaction for log entries. This issue is fixed in macOS Big Sur 11.7.9, iOS 15.7.8 and iPadOS 15.7.8, macOS Monterey 12.6.8. An app may be able to read sensitive location information.

Solution(s)

  • apple-osx-upgrade-11_7_9
  • apple-osx-upgrade-12_6_8

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