PT-2022-21512 · Apple · Macos Catalina+5

Mickey Jin + 1 · Published 2022-07-20 · Updated 2025-05-29 · CVE-2022-32838

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.5

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions macOS versions prior to 12.5 macOS Big Sur versions prior to 11.6.8 macOS Catalina versions prior to Security Update 2022-005 iOS versions prior to 15.6 iPadOS versions prior to 15.6

Description A logic issue was addressed with improved state management, allowing an app to potentially read arbitrary files.

Recommendations For macOS versions prior to 12.5, update to macOS Monterey 12.5. For macOS Big Sur versions prior to 11.6.8, update to macOS Big Sur 11.6.8. For macOS Catalina versions prior to Security Update 2022-005, apply Security Update 2022-005. For iOS versions prior to 15.6, update to iOS 15.6. For iPadOS versions prior to 15.6, update to iPadOS 15.6.

Fix

Improper Authorization

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-285

Related Identifiers

CVE-2022-32838

Affected Products

Apple Macos

Ios

Ipados

Macos Big Sur

Macos Catalina

Macos Monterey

References · 13

• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213343 · Vendor Advisory
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213344 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-32838 · Vendor Advisory
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213345 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-32838 · Security Note
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213346 · Vendor Advisory
• https://t.me/cibsecurity/48690 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/cvenotify/35102 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/cvenotify/124025 · Telegram Post
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/102872 · Note
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/102891 · Note
• https://t.me/cvenotify/35345 · Telegram Post
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2022-32838 · Note