Location disclosure via insufficient log redaction
Published Sep 6, 2023 · Updated Feb 13, 2025
Information disclosure in Apple macOS before 13.3 allows local users to read sensitive location data through system logs. The location-tracking component writes log entries without adequately redacting private data, leaving sensitive location information readable to an app. Exploitation requires a locally running app; the reported consequence is location-data disclosure, with no integrity or availability impact.
Summary
What happened
Information disclosure in Apple macOS before 13.3 allows local users to read sensitive location data through system logs. The location-tracking component writes log entries without adequately redacting private data, leaving sensitive location information readable to an app. Exploitation requires a locally running app; the reported consequence is location-data disclosure, with no integrity or availability impact.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2023-28195
- Published
- Sep 6, 2023
- Updated
- Feb 13, 2025
- Vendor
- Apple
- Product
- macOS
- Classifications
- T1005
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
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- Sep 6, 2023CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Feb 13, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=unspecified <13.3
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