CVEvulnerability
CVE-2022-22582
5.5 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2023-02-27
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 5.5 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-59
Description
A validation issue existed in the handling of symlinks. This issue was addressed with improved validation of symlinks. This issue is fixed in Security Update 2022-003 Catalina, macOS Big Sur 11.6.5, macOS Monterey 12.3. A local user may be able to write arbitrary files.
Affected configurations
• apple mac os x 10.15.7
• apple macos (>= 11.0 < 11.6.5)
• apple macos (>= 12.0.0 < 12.3)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-59 Improper Link Resolution Before File Access weakness
References
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213183 Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213184 Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213185 Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213183 Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213184 Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213185 Release Notes, Vendor Advisory