PT-2022-18045 · Apple · Apple Macos

Jordy Zomer + 1 · Published 2022-05-16 · Updated 2022-11-04 · CVE-2022-26743

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.0

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions macOS Monterey versions prior to 12.4

Description An out-of-bounds write issue was addressed with improved bounds checking. This issue allows an attacker that has already achieved code execution in macOS Recovery to potentially escalate to kernel privileges.

Recommendations For macOS Monterey versions prior to 12.4, update to version 12.4 to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to macOS Recovery to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Fix

Memory Corruption

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-787

Related Identifiers

CVE-2022-26743

Affected Products

Apple Macos

References · 8

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-26743 · Vendor Advisory
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213257 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-26743 · Security Note
• https://t.me/cybersecuritytechnologies/7098 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/pentestingnews/29809 · Telegram Post
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2022-26743 · Note
• https://t.me/cibsecurity/43447 · Telegram Post
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/102871 · Note