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CVE-2023-42824: Apple iOS and iPadOS Kernel Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

criticalknown exploitedpublic exploitCVE-2023-42824
Actively exploited. At least one CVE in this advisory is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog — exploitation has been observed in the wild. Treat remediation as urgent.
Apple iOS and iPadOS contain an unspecified vulnerability that allows for local privilege escalation.

CSIRTS triage

vendor: Appleproduct: iOS and iPadOSPrivilege escalation
What
An unspecified vulnerability allows for local privilege escalation.
Who is affected
Users of Apple iOS and iPadOS devices.
Urgency
Immediate remediation is necessary as the vulnerability is actively exploited and rated critical.
Action
Update to the latest version of iOS and iPadOS.

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Details

Source
CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (US · database · site)
Severity
critical
Published
2023-10-05
Exploitation
Observed in the wild (CISA KEV)

Original advisory: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-42824

Exploitation outlook

EPSS (FIRST.org) estimates each CVE’s probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — here is the CSIRTS.com read on those numbers.

Referenced CVEs

CVECSIRTS overviewExternal
CVE-2023-42824coverage & exploitation statusNVD · CVE.org

Recent advisories for Apple iOS and

A cluster of recent advisories against the same product widens the attack surface — attackers routinely chain freshly published CVEs on one product, so review these together.

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