Vulnerability · Published Sep 23, 2022 · Assigned by apple

CVE-2022-32781

Medium 4.4

In plain English

A medium-severity privilege mismanagement 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 0.3% (higher than 22% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)4.4Medium

Exploit odds (30 days)0.3%top 78.3% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

This issue was addressed by enabling hardened runtime. This issue is fixed in macOS Monterey 12.4, iOS 15.5 and iPadOS 15.5, Security Update 2022-005 Catalina, macOS Big Sur 11.6.8. An app with root privileges may be able to access private information.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
Apple	macOS	unspecified – before 12.4
Apple	macOS	unspecified – before 11.6
Apple	macOS	unspecified – before 2022
Apple	macOS	unspecified – before 15.5

Weakness: CWE-269 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

References

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213258 x_refsource_MISC
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213257 x_refsource_MISC
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213344 x_refsource_MISC
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213343 x_refsource_MISC