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OS X update for IOKit (CVE-2023-42891)

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OS X update for IOKit (CVE-2023-42891)

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
12/12/2023
Created
12/13/2023
Added
12/12/2023
Modified
07/19/2024

Description

An authentication issue was addressed with improved state management. This issue is fixed in macOS Sonoma 14.2, macOS Ventura 13.6.3, macOS Monterey 12.7.2. An app may be able to monitor keystrokes without user permission.

Solution(s)

  • apple-osx-upgrade-12_7_2
  • apple-osx-upgrade-13_6_3
  • apple-osx-upgrade-14_2

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