VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2022-22665
A malicious application may be able to gain root privileges.
HIGH 7.8EPSS 1.18%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.18%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
A logic issue was addressed with improved validation. This issue is fixed in macOS Monterey 12.3. A malicious application may be able to gain root privileges.
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 1.18% probability · 66th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- apple/mac os x · apple/macos
- Source
- product-security@apple.com
References
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/May/33Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/May/35Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213183Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213184Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213185Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213255Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213256Vendor Advisory
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/May/33Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/May/35Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213183Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213184Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213185Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213255Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213256Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.