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CVE-2023-38571

HighPublished

This issue was addressed with improved validation of symlinks. This issue is fixed in macOS Big Sur 11.7.9, macOS Monterey 12.6.8, macOS Ventura 13.5. An...

Published: Jul 28, 2023
Updated: Feb 13, 2025
Assigning CNA: apple
Evidence observed: Aug 8, 2026

Primary CVSS

7.5/ 10High

nvd · CVSS 3.1

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

EPSS probability estimate

1.6%

Low · next 30 days

Percentile: 73.8%
Model date: Sep 21, 2026

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Summary

This issue was addressed with improved validation of symlinks. This issue is fixed in macOS Big Sur 11.7.9, macOS Monterey 12.6.8, macOS Ventura 13.5. An app may be able to bypass Privacy preferences.

Sources

CVE-2023-38571-a-macOS-TCC-bypass-in-Music-and-TVExploit
macOS TCC bypass exploit leveraging insecure file rename in Music and TV apps to gain Full Disk Access by overwriting the TCC database via a symlink race condition.

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