PT-2022-15539 · Apple · Apple Macos

Richard Warren · Published 2022-03-14 · Updated 2023-03-07 · CVE-2022-22582

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.5

Medium

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions macOS versions prior to Big Sur 11.6.5 macOS versions prior to Monterey 12.3 macOS Catalina (affected versions not specified, but fixed in Security Update 2022-003)

Description A validation issue existed in the handling of symlinks, which has been addressed with improved validation of symlinks. This could allow a local user to write arbitrary files.

Recommendations For macOS Catalina, apply Security Update 2022-003 to resolve the issue. For macOS Big Sur, update to version 11.6.5 or later to resolve the issue. For macOS Monterey, update to version 12.3 or later to resolve the issue.

Exploit

Fix

Link Following

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-59

Related Identifiers

CVE-2022-22582

Affected Products

Apple Macos

References · 13

• 🔥 https://github.com/poizon-box/CVE-2022-22582 · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-22582 · Security Note
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213185 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-22582 · Vendor Advisory
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213183 · Vendor Advisory
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213184 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2022-22582 · Note
• https://t.me/secharvester/12168 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/rnetsec/16574 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/poxek/1242 · Telegram Post
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/102847 · Note
• https://t.me/defcon_news/97875 · Telegram Post
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/102882 · Note