CVE-2022-22578 — Improper Privilege Management in Apple IOS AND Ipados

CWE-269 — Improper Privilege Management6 documents3 sources
Severity
7.8HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.3%
top 46.73%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
8
Apple IOS AND IpadosApple MacosApple Tvos+5 more
Timeline
PublishedMar 18
Latest updateMar 19

Description

A logic issue was addressed with improved validation. This issue is fixed in tvOS 15.3, iOS 15.3 and iPadOS 15.3, watchOS 8.4, macOS Monterey 12.2. A malicious application may be able to gain root privileges.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages13 packages

▶CVEListV5apple/tvosunspecified — 15.3
▶NVDapple/tvos< 15.3
▶CVEListV5apple/macosunspecified — 12.2
▶NVDapple/macos< 12.2

🔴Vulnerability Details

1
GHSA
GHSA-c93r-5847-jr3r: A logic issue was addressed with improved validation↗2022-03-19
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📋Vendor Advisories

4
Apple
CVE-2022-22578: tvOS 15.3↗2022-01-26
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Apple
CVE-2022-22578: iOS 15.3 and iPadOS 15.3↗2022-01-26
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Apple
CVE-2022-22578: macOS Monterey 12.2↗2022-01-26
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Apple
CVE-2022-22578: watchOS 8.4↗2022-01-26
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