CVE-2022-22617 — Improper Privilege Management in Apple Macos

CWE-269 — Improper Privilege Management7 documents4 sources
Severity
7.8HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.1%
top 65.46%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
Apple MacosApple MAC OS X
Timeline
PublishedMar 18
Latest updateMay 16

Description

A logic issue was addressed with improved state management. This issue is fixed in macOS Big Sur 11.6.5, macOS Monterey 12.3, Security Update 2022-003 Catalina. An application may be able to gain elevated privileges.

CVSS vector

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

Affected Packages3 packages

▶CVEListV5apple/macosunspecified — 12.3+2
▶NVDapple/macos12.0.0 — 12.4+2
▶NVDapple/mac_os_x10.15 — 10.15.7+1

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-94c4-grqq-v3fq: A logic issue was addressed with improved state management↗2022-03-19
▶
CVEList
CVE-2022-22617: A logic issue was addressed with improved state management↗2022-03-18
▶

📋Vendor Advisories

4
Apple
CVE-2022-22617: macOS Monterey 12.4↗2022-05-16
▶
Apple
CVE-2022-22617: macOS Big Sur 11.6.5↗2022-03-14
▶
Apple
CVE-2022-22617: Security Update 2022-003 Catalina↗2022-03-14
▶
Apple
CVE-2022-22617: macOS Monterey 12.3↗2022-03-14
▶
CVE-2022-22617 — Improper Privilege Management in Apple | cvebase