Vulnerability · Published Aug 24, 2022 · Assigned by apple

CVE-2022-32840

High 7.8

In plain English

A high-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 0.6% (higher than 50% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)7.8High

Exploit odds (30 days)0.6%top 49.5% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

This issue was addressed with improved checks. This issue is fixed in macOS Monterey 12.5, watchOS 8.7, iOS 15.6 and iPadOS 15.6. An app may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
Apple	macOS	unspecified – before 12.5
Apple	watchOS	unspecified – before 8.7
Apple	watchOS	unspecified – before 15.6

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

References

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213345 x_refsource_MISC
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213340 x_refsource_MISC
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213346 x_refsource_MISC