CVE-2023-40307: Privileges Memory Corruption (Out-of-bound write)

Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2023-09-28 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-787

Description

An attacker with standard privileges on macOS when requesting administrator privileges from the application can submit input which causes a buffer overflow resulting in a crash of the application. This could make the application unavailable and allow reading or modification of data.

Affected products

SAP Privileges: before 1.5.4 — fixed in 1.5.4

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: SAP Privileges 1.5.4. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://github.com/SAP/macOS-enterprise-privileges/security/advisories/GHSA-rgq4-wxpj-5jv9
https://github.com/SAP/macOS-enterprise-privileges/security/advisories/GHSA-rgq4-wxpj-5jv9

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