CVE-2022-42788 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

A permissions issue existed. This issue was addressed with improved permission validation. This issue is fixed in macOS Ventura 13. A malicious application may be able to read sensitive location information.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact None

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 0.00067.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Apple	Macos

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213488

History

Mon, 05 May 2025 19:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Weaknesses		CWE-863
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: apple

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

Updated: 2025-05-05T19:07:30.470Z

Reserved: 2022-10-11T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2022-42788

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T13:19:04.410Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-11-01T20:15:22.357

Modified: 2025-05-05T19:15:54.003

Link: CVE-2022-42788

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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