VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2022-22582
A local user may be able to write arbitrary files.
MEDIUM 5.5EPSS 17.7%
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EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 17.7%, higher than 97% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
Description
A validation issue existed in the handling of symlinks. This issue was addressed with improved validation of symlinks. This issue is fixed in Security Update 2022-003 Catalina, macOS Big Sur 11.6.5, macOS Monterey 12.3. A local user may be able to write arbitrary files.
- CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
- EPSS
- 17.71% probability · 97th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-59
- Affected
- apple/mac os x · apple/macos
- Source
- product-security@apple.com
References
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213183Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213184Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213185Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213183Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213184Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213185Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.