PT-2022-21466 · Apple · Apple Macos

Patch1T · Published 2022-07-20 · Updated 2022-12-27 · CVE-2022-32786

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.5

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions macOS versions prior to Security Update 2022-005 Catalina macOS versions prior to 11.6.8 Big Sur macOS versions prior to 12.5 Monterey

Description An issue in the handling of environment variables was addressed with improved validation. This issue allows an app to modify protected parts of the file system.

Recommendations For macOS versions prior to Security Update 2022-005 Catalina, apply Security Update 2022-005. For macOS versions prior to 11.6.8 Big Sur, update to macOS 11.6.8 Big Sur. For macOS versions prior to 12.5 Monterey, update to macOS 12.5 Monterey.

Fix

RCE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-20

Related Identifiers

CVE-2022-32786

Affected Products

Apple Macos

References · 11

• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213343 · Vendor Advisory
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213344 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-32786 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-32786 · Vendor Advisory
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213345 · Vendor Advisory
• https://t.me/cvenotify/36763 · Telegram Post
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2022-32786 · Note
• https://t.me/cibsecurity/50416 · Telegram Post
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/102872 · Note
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/102891 · Note
• https://t.me/proxy_bar/1248 · Telegram Post