The AppsAnywhere macOS client-privileged helper can be tricked into executing arbitrary commands with elevated permissions by a local user…

published 2023-11-09 3 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2023-45657

cvss: 7.5; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.2%; EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 6%
public exploits: 0; none known

The AppsAnywhere macOS client-privileged helper can be tricked into executing arbitrary commands with elevated permissions by a local user process.

Patch / fix

fixed in 1

AppsAnywhere AppsAnywhere Client 1.6.1, 2.0.1, 2.2.0

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical impact: total
Assessed: 2 y ago (2024-09-04)

Exploit prediction

0.18% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 6% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.1	7.5	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD	3.1	6.7	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

AppsAnywhere AppsAnywhere Client
appsanywhere appsanywhere_client

Classification

Weakness

CWE-226 Sensitive Information in Resource Not Removed Before Reuse
CWE-269 Improper Privilege Management

References

docs.appsanywhere.com /appsanywhere/3.1/2023-11-security-advisory
vendor-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2023-41138
NVD CVE-2023-41138

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Summary