CVE-2022-32900 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

A logic issue was addressed with improved state management. This issue is fixed in macOS Monterey 12.6, macOS Big Sur 11.7. An app may be able to gain elevated privileges.

Published: 2023-02-27

Score: 7.8 High

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

Apple

macOS

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`unspecified`	affected	< 11.7

Apple

macOS

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`unspecified`	affected	< 12.6

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos::::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos::::::::

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2022-35966	A logic issue was addressed with improved state management. This issue is fixed in macOS Monterey 12.6, macOS Big Sur 11.7. An app may be able to gain elevated privileges.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00068.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

References

Link	Providers
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213443
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213444

History

Tue, 11 Mar 2025 18:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Weaknesses		CWE-269
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Apple Macos

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: apple

Published: 2023-02-27T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-03-11T18:10:06.232Z

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

Link: CVE-2022-32900

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T07:54:02.761Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-02-27T20:15:12.200

Modified: 2025-03-11T18:15:25.553

Link: CVE-2022-32900

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

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