Contact information disclosure via incomplete log redaction
Published May 8, 2023 · Updated Jan 29, 2025
Information disclosure in Apple Identity Services allows local users to read contact data exposed through operating-system logs. The component fails to redact private contact information completely when it writes log entries. Exploitation requires a local app and user interaction; the documented consequence is limited to disclosure of contact information.
Summary
What happened
Information disclosure in Apple Identity Services allows local users to read contact data exposed through operating-system logs. The component fails to redact private contact information completely when it writes log entries. Exploitation requires a local app and user interaction; the documented consequence is limited to disclosure of contact information.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2023-27928
- Published
- May 8, 2023
- Updated
- Jan 29, 2025
- Vendor
- Apple
- Product
- iOS and iPadOS
- Classifications
- T1005
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- May 8, 2023CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Jan 29, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=unspecified <16.4
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