CVE-2022-32938 — Path Traversal in Apple Macos

CWE-22 — Path Traversal4 documents3 sources
Severity
5.3MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.3%
top 47.55%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
5
Apple MacosApple IpadosApple Iphone OS+2 more
Timeline
PublishedNov 1
Latest updateNov 2

Description

A parsing issue in the handling of directory paths was addressed with improved path validation. This issue is fixed in iOS 16.1 and iPadOS 16, macOS Ventura 13. A shortcut may be able to check the existence of an arbitrary path on the file system.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:NExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 1.4

Affected Packages6 packages

▶CVEListV5apple/macosunspecified — 13+1
▶NVDapple/macos< 13.0
▶NVDapple/ipados< 16.0

🔴Vulnerability Details

1
GHSA
GHSA-r3x3-pfq4-cvw2: A parsing issue in the handling of directory paths was addressed with improved path validation↗2022-11-02
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📋Vendor Advisories

2
Apple
CVE-2022-32938: iOS 16.1 and iPadOS 16↗2022-10-24
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Apple
CVE-2022-32938: macOS Ventura 13↗2022-10-24
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