Vulnerability · Published May 26, 2022 · Assigned by apple
CVE-2022-26727
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 0.6% (higher than 50% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS NVD)5.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.6%top 50.3% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
This issue was addressed with improved entitlements. This issue is fixed in Security Update 2022-004 Catalina, macOS Monterey 12.4. A malicious application may be able to modify protected parts of the file system.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Apple | Security Update - Catalina | unspecified – before 2022 |
| Apple | macOS | unspecified – before 12.4 |
References
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213255 x_refsource_MISC
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213257 x_refsource_MISC