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Unscored Public exploit CVE-2023-40404 EUVD-2023-44975GHSA-8q5r-gmrx-88jx

A use-after-free issue was addressed with improved memory management. This issue is fixed in macOS Sonoma 14.1. An app may be able to execu…

Published Oct 25, 2023 · Updated Feb 13, 2025 · Assigned by apple

Description

A use-after-free issue was addressed with improved memory management. This issue is fixed in macOS Sonoma 14.1. An app may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Apple macOS unspecified – < 14.1 14.1

Public exploits

Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.

Third-party code, not reviewed by us. Public PoCs are sometimes fake or contain malware. Read the code first and run it only in an isolated lab, against systems you are authorised to test.

GitHub 1 repository

  • geniuszly/GenEtherExploit ★ 6 · Sep 30, 2024

    is a PoC exploit for the macOS vulnerability CVE-2023-40404. This PoC leverages IOKit APIs to interact with the IOUserEthernetResource network service, manipulating the system's network interfaces

Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.

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