Vulnerability · Published May 26, 2022 · Assigned by apple
CVE-2022-22676
Medium 5.5
In plain English
A medium-severity security flaw in macOS from Apple. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.7% (higher than 54% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS NVD)5.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.7%top 45.6% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
An event handler validation issue in the XPC Services API was addressed by removing the service. This issue is fixed in macOS Monterey 12.2. An application may be able to delete files for which it does not have permission.
Affected products (as reported)
References
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213054 x_refsource_MISC