Local privilege escalation via undisclosed logic flaw
Published Mar 14, 2024 · Updated Mar 28, 2025
Privilege escalation in Apple iTunes before 12.13.1 for Windows allows local users to gain elevated privileges through Mobile Device Service. Apple identifies an unspecified logic issue in that service that performed inadequate checks, but it has not disclosed the affected operation or input. Exploitation requires existing local access on a Windows system, and the published consequence is elevation beyond the user’s current privileges.
Summary
What happened
Privilege escalation in Apple iTunes before 12.13.1 for Windows allows local users to gain elevated privileges through Mobile Device Service. Apple identifies an unspecified logic issue in that service that performed inadequate checks, but it has not disclosed the affected operation or input. Exploitation requires existing local access on a Windows system, and the published consequence is elevation beyond the user’s current privileges.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2023-42938
- Published
- Mar 14, 2024
- Updated
- Mar 28, 2025
- Vendor
- Apple
- Product
- iTunes for Windows
- Classifications
- CWE-693, T1068
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Mar 14, 2024CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Mar 28, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
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- Affected versionversion=unspecified <12.13
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