Apple Security Advisory 2023-09-21-7 - macOS Monterey 12.7 addresses a privilege escalation vulnerability.
8ce806831c23799edfe51f75038820626c202835f3e8eab8dc7178462f887bcc
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
Hash: SHA256
APPLE-SA-2023-09-21-7 macOS Monterey 12.7
macOS Monterey 12.7 addresses the following issues.
Information about the security content is also available at
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213932.
Apple maintains a Security Updates page at
https://support.apple.com/HT201222 which lists recent
software updates with security advisories.
Additional CVE entries coming soon.
Kernel
Available for: macOS Monterey
Impact: A local attacker may be able to elevate their privileges. Apple
is aware of a report that this issue may have been actively exploited
against versions of iOS before iOS 16.7.
Description: The issue was addressed with improved checks.
CVE-2023-41992: Bill Marczak of The Citizen Lab at The University of
Toronto's Munk School and Maddie Stone of Google's Threat Analysis Group
Additional recognition
Kernel
We would like to acknowledge Bill Marczak of The Citizen Lab at The
University of Toronto's Munk School and Maddie Stone of Google's Threat
Analysis Group for their assistance.
macOS Monterey 12.7 may be obtained from the Mac App Store or Apple's
Software Downloads web site: https://support.apple.com/downloads/
All information is also posted on the Apple Security Updates
web site: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201222.
This message is signed with Apple's Product Security PGP key,
and details are available at:
https://www.apple.com/support/security/pgp/
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----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=nhhn
-----END PGP SIGNATURE-----