CVE-2022-42793 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

An issue in code signature validation was addressed with improved checks. This issue is fixed in macOS Big Sur 11.7, macOS Ventura 13, iOS 16, iOS 15.7 and iPadOS 15.7, macOS Monterey 12.6. An app may be able to bypass code signing checks.

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 0.00031.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Apple	Ipados Iphone Os Macos

Configuration 1 [-]

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2022-45856	An issue in code signature validation was addressed with improved checks. This issue is fixed in macOS Big Sur 11.7, macOS Ventura 13, iOS 16, iOS 15.7 and iPadOS 15.7, macOS Monterey 12.6. An app may be able to bypass code signing checks.

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/HT213445
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213446
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213488

History

Tue, 22 Apr 2025 16:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
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: 2025-04-22T15:41:49.668Z

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

Link: CVE-2022-42793

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T13:19:03.907Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-11-01T20:15:22.637

Modified: 2025-04-22T16:15:38.847

Link: CVE-2022-42793

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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