Vulnerability · Published Sep 23, 2022 · Assigned by apple
CVE-2022-32786
Medium 5.5
In plain English
A medium-severity improper input validation 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 3.0% (higher than 88% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS 3.1)5.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)3.0%top 12.5% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
An issue in the handling of environment variables was addressed with improved validation. This issue is fixed in Security Update 2022-005 Catalina, macOS Big Sur 11.6.8, macOS Monterey 12.5. An app may be able to modify protected parts of the file system.
Affected products (as reported)
Weakness: CWE-20 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
References
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213345 x_refsource_MISC
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213344 x_refsource_MISC
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213343 x_refsource_MISC