CVE-2022-42816 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

A logic issue was addressed with improved state management. This issue is fixed in macOS Ventura 13. 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 0.00039.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

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	< 13

Configuration 1 [-]

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

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Project Subscriptions

Vendors	Products
Apple Subscribe	Macos Subscribe

Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2022-45879	A logic issue was addressed with improved state management. This issue is fixed in macOS Ventura 13. 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
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Mar/21
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213488
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT214084

History

Fri, 20 Jun 2025 16:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Weaknesses		CWE-284
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: 2024-01-10T22:03:49.458Z

Updated: 2025-06-20T15:30:23.262Z

Reserved: 2022-10-11T16:52:53.371Z

Link: CVE-2022-42816

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T13:19:05.129Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2024-01-10T22:15:47.290

Modified: 2025-06-20T16:15:20.133

Link: CVE-2022-42816

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

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