Protected filesystem modification via PackageKit state mishandling
Published Jun 23, 2023 · Updated Dec 5, 2024
PackageKit logic error in Apple macOS allows local users to modify protected filesystem areas through a locally executed app. The component mishandles internal state during package operations, but Apple has not disclosed the affected routine or precise state transition that permits protected-path writes. Affected systems are Big Sur before 11.7.7, Monterey before 12.6.6, and Ventura before 13.4; the disclosed consequence is limited to filesystem modification.
Summary
What happened
PackageKit logic error in Apple macOS allows local users to modify protected filesystem areas through a locally executed app. The component mishandles internal state during package operations, but Apple has not disclosed the affected routine or precise state transition that permits protected-path writes. Affected systems are Big Sur before 11.7.7, Monterey before 12.6.6, and Ventura before 13.4; the disclosed consequence is limited to filesystem modification.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2023-32355
- Published
- Jun 23, 2023
- Updated
- Dec 5, 2024
- Vendor
- Apple
- Product
- macOS
- Classifications
- CWE-281
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- Unavailable
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Jun 23, 2023CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Dec 5, 2024Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=unspecified <11.7
- Affected versionversion=unspecified <12.6
- Affected versionversion=unspecified <13.4
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