About the security content of macOS Monterey 12.7.2

This document describes the security content of macOS Monterey 12.7.2.

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macOS Monterey 12.7.2

Accounts

Available for: macOS Monterey

Impact: An app may be able to access sensitive user data

Description: A privacy issue was addressed with improved private data redaction for log entries.

CVE-2023-42919: Kirin (@Pwnrin)

AppleEvents

Available for: macOS Monterey

Impact: An app may be able to access information about a user's contacts

Description: This issue was addressed with improved redaction of sensitive information.

CVE-2023-42894: Noah Roskin-Frazee and Prof. J. (ZeroClicks.ai Lab)

Assets

Available for: macOS Monterey

Impact: An app may be able to modify protected parts of the file system

Description: An issue was addressed with improved handling of temporary files.

CVE-2023-42896: Mickey Jin (@patch1t)

CoreServices

Available for: macOS Monterey

Impact: A user may be able to cause unexpected app termination or arbitrary code execution

Description: An out-of-bounds read was addressed with improved bounds checking.

CVE-2023-42886: Koh M. Nakagawa (@tsunek0h)

DiskArbitration

Available for: macOS Monterey

Impact: A process may gain admin privileges without proper authentication

Description: The issue was addressed with improved checks.

CVE-2023-42931: Yann GASCUEL of Alter Solutions

Emoji

Available for: macOS Monterey

Impact: An attacker may be able to execute arbitrary code as root from the Lock Screen

Description: The issue was addressed by restricting options offered on a locked device.

CVE-2023-41989: Jewel Lambert

FileURL

Available for: macOS Monterey

Impact: A local attacker may be able to elevate their privileges

Description: A use-after-free issue was addressed with improved memory management.

CVE-2023-42892: Anthony Cruz @App Tyrant Corp

Find My

Available for: macOS Monterey

Impact: An app may be able to read sensitive location information

Description: This issue was addressed with improved redaction of sensitive information.

CVE-2023-42922: Wojciech Regula of SecuRing (wojciechregula.blog)

Find My

Available for: macOS Monterey

Impact: An app may be able to access sensitive user data

Description: A privacy issue was addressed with improved handling of files.

CVE-2023-42834: Csaba Fitzl (@theevilbit) of Offensive Security

ImageIO

Available for: macOS Monterey

Impact: Processing an image may lead to arbitrary code execution

Description: The issue was addressed with improved memory handling.

CVE-2023-42899: Meysam Firouzi @R00tkitSMM and Junsung Lee

IOKit

Available for: macOS Monterey

Impact: An app may be able to monitor keystrokes without user permission

Description: An authentication issue was addressed with improved state management.

CVE-2023-42891: an anonymous researcher

IOUSBDeviceFamily

Available for: macOS Monterey

Impact: An app may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges

Description: A race condition was addressed with improved state handling.

CVE-2023-42974: Pan ZhenPeng (@Peterpan0927) of STAR Labs SG Pte. Ltd.

Kernel

Available for: macOS Monterey

Impact: An app may be able to break out of its sandbox

Description: The issue was addressed with improved memory handling.

CVE-2023-42914: Eloi Benoist-Vanderbeken (@elvanderb) of Synacktiv (@Synacktiv)

Libsystem

Available for: macOS Monterey

Impact: An app may be able to access protected user data

Description: A permissions issue was addressed by removing vulnerable code and adding additional checks.

CVE-2023-42893

Model I/O

Available for: macOS Monterey

Impact: Processing an image may lead to a denial-of-service

Description: This issue was addressed by removing the vulnerable code.

CVE-2023-3618

ncurses

Available for: macOS Monterey

Impact: A remote user may be able to cause unexpected app termination or arbitrary code execution

Description: This issue was addressed with improved checks.

CVE-2020-19185

CVE-2020-19186

CVE-2020-19187

CVE-2020-19188

CVE-2020-19189

CVE-2020-19190

quarantine

Available for: macOS Monterey

Impact: An app may be able to execute arbitrary code out of its sandbox or with certain elevated privileges

Description: An access issue was addressed with improvements to the sandbox.

CVE-2023-42838: Yiğit Can YILMAZ (@yilmazcanyigit), and Csaba Fitzl (@theevilbit) of Offensive Security

Sandbox

Available for: macOS Monterey

Impact: An attacker may be able to access connected network volumes mounted in the home directory

Description: A logic issue was addressed with improved checks.

CVE-2023-42836: Yiğit Can YILMAZ (@yilmazcanyigit)

Sandbox

Available for: macOS Monterey

Impact: An app may be able to access user-sensitive data

Description: This issue was addressed with improved redaction of sensitive information.

CVE-2023-42936: Csaba Fitzl (@theevilbit) of OffSec

Shell

Available for: macOS Monterey

Impact: An app may be able to modify protected parts of the file system

Description: This issue was addressed with improved checks.

CVE-2023-42930: Arsenii Kostromin (0x3c3e)

TCC

Available for: macOS Monterey

Impact: An app may be able to access protected user data

Description: A logic issue was addressed with improved checks.

CVE-2023-42932: Zhongquan Li (@Guluisacat)

TCC

Available for: macOS Monterey

Impact: An app may be able to break out of its sandbox

Description: A path handling issue was addressed with improved validation.

CVE-2023-42947: Zhongquan Li (@Guluisacat) of Dawn Security Lab of JingDong

Vim

Available for: macOS Monterey

Impact: Opening a maliciously crafted file may lead to unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution

Description: This issue was addressed by updating to Vim version 9.0.1969.

CVE-2023-5344

Additional recognition

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We would like to acknowledge Akshay Nagpal for their assistance.