CVEvulnerability

CVE-2022-26688

4.4 MEDIUM Published 2022-05-26 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2022-05-26
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
4.4 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
4.9 MEDIUM — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:N
Weaknesses
CWE-59

Description

An issue in the handling of symlinks was addressed with improved validation. This issue is fixed in Security Update 2022-003 Catalina, macOS Monterey 12.3, macOS Big Sur 11.6.5. A malicious app with root privileges may be able to modify the contents of system files.

Affected configurations

• apple mac os x (>= 10.15 < 10.15.7) • 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