CVEvulnerability
CVE-2022-42849
7.8 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2022-12-15
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 7.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 3.1 (134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0)
- 7.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-269
Description
An access issue existed with privileged API calls. This issue was addressed with additional restrictions. This issue is fixed in iOS 16.2 and iPadOS 16.2, tvOS 16.2, watchOS 9.2. A user may be able to elevate privileges.
Affected configurations
• apple ipados (< 16.2)
• apple iphone os (< 16.2)
• apple tvos (< 16.2)
• apple watchos (< 9.2)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-269 Improper Privilege Management weakness
References
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Dec/20 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Dec/26 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Dec/27 seclists.org
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213530 Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213535 Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213536 Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Dec/20 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Dec/26 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Dec/27 seclists.org
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213530 Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213535 Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213536 Release Notes, Vendor Advisory