Vulnerability · Published Nov 1, 2022 · Assigned by apple

CVE-2022-32862

Medium 5.5

In plain English

A medium-severity information exposure 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 0.8% (higher than 58% of all known vulnerabilities). Ready-made attack tooling exists: public proof-of-concept code.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)5.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.8%top 41.8% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack tooling1Public PoC

Official description

This issue was addressed with improved data protection. This issue is fixed in macOS Big Sur 11.7.1, macOS Ventura 13, macOS Monterey 12.6.1. An app with root privileges may be able to access private information.

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Apple macOS unspecified – before 13
Apple macOS unspecified – before 11.7
Apple macOS unspecified – before 12.6

Weakness: CWE-200 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

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