CVE-2022-32881 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

A logic issue was addressed with improved restrictions. This issue is fixed in macOS Big Sur 11.7, macOS Ventura 13, iOS 16, watchOS 9, macOS Monterey 12.6, tvOS 16. An app may be able to modify protected parts of the file system.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.0011.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
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Configuration 1 [-]

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2022-35947	A logic issue was addressed with improved restrictions. This issue is fixed in macOS Big Sur 11.7, macOS Ventura 13, iOS 16, watchOS 9, macOS Monterey 12.6, tvOS 16. An app may be able to modify protected parts of the file system.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213443
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213444
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213446
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213486
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213487
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213488

History

Tue, 06 May 2025 19:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Projects

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: apple

Published: 2022-11-01T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-05-06T19:00:10.929Z

Reserved: 2022-06-09T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2022-32881

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T07:54:03.118Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-11-01T20:15:18.467

Modified: 2025-05-06T19:15:54.560

Link: CVE-2022-32881

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-noinfo

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