Vulnerability · Published Dec 15, 2022 · Assigned by apple

CVE-2022-42859

Medium 5.5

In plain English

A medium-severity improper access control 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 26% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)5.5Medium

Exploit odds (30 days)0.3%top 73.5% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

Multiple issues were addressed by removing the vulnerable code. This issue is fixed in iOS 16.2 and iPadOS 16.2, macOS Ventura 13.1, watchOS 9.2. An app may be able to bypass Privacy preferences.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
Apple	macOS	unspecified – before 13.1
Apple	macOS	unspecified – before 16.2
Apple	watchOS	unspecified – before 9.2

Weakness: CWE-284 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

References

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213532
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213530
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213536
20221220 APPLE-SA-2022-12-13-1 iOS 16.2 and iPadOS 16.2 mailing-list
20221220 APPLE-SA-2022-12-13-4 macOS Ventura 13.1 mailing-list
20221220 APPLE-SA-2022-12-13-8 watchOS 9.2 mailing-list