Vulnerability · Published Nov 1, 2022 · Assigned by apple

CVE-2022-42825

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 0.3% (higher than 23% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)5.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.3%top 77.4% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

This issue was addressed by removing additional entitlements. This issue is fixed in tvOS 16.1, macOS Ventura 13, watchOS 9.1, iOS 16.1 and iPadOS 16, macOS Monterey 12.6.1, macOS Big Sur 11.7.1. An app may be able to modify protected parts of the file system.

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Apple macOS unspecified – before 13
Apple tvOS unspecified – before 16.1
Apple tvOS unspecified – before 11.7
Apple tvOS unspecified – before 16.1
Apple tvOS unspecified – before 12.6
Apple watchOS unspecified – before 9.1

Weakness: CWE-266 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

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