Vulnerability · Published Mar 18, 2022 · Assigned by apple

CVE-2022-22583

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 1.7% (higher than 78% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS NVD)5.5Medium

Exploit odds (30 days)1.7%top 22.2% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

A permissions issue was addressed with improved validation. This issue is fixed in Security Update 2022-001 Catalina, macOS Monterey 12.2, macOS Big Sur 11.6.3. An application may be able to access restricted files.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
Apple	macOS	unspecified – before 12.2
Apple	macOS	unspecified – before 11.6
Apple	macOS	unspecified – before 2022

References

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213055 x_refsource_MISC
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213054 x_refsource_MISC
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213056 x_refsource_MISC