Apple iOS/iPadOS up to 15.5 Apple Neural Engine Local Privilege Escalation
CVSS Meta Temp Score | Current Exploit Price (≈) | CTI Interest Score |
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7.5 | $5k-$25k | 0.00 |
A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Apple iOS and iPadOS up to 15.5 (Smartphone Operating System). Affected is an unknown function of the component Apple Neural Engine. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
The weakness was presented 07/20/2022 by Mohamed Ghannam as HT213346 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is shared for download at support.apple.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2022-32840. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $5k-$25k (estimation calculated on 07/21/2022). It is expected to see the exploit prices for this product increasing in the near future. The advisory points out:
An app may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges
Upgrading to version 15.6 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability. The advisory contains the following remark:
This issue was addressed with improved checks.
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CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
CVSSv4
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CVSSv3
VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.8VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.5
VulDB Base Score: 7.8
VulDB Temp Score: 7.5
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CVSSv2
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Exploiting
Class: Local Privilege EscalationCWE: Unknown
ATT&CK: Unknown
Local: Yes
Remote: No
Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined
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Threat Intelligence
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Countermeasures
Recommended: UpgradeStatus: 🔍
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Upgrade: iOS/iPadOS 15.6
Timeline
06/09/2022 🔍07/20/2022 🔍
07/20/2022 🔍
07/21/2022 🔍
08/16/2022 🔍
Sources
Vendor: apple.comAdvisory: HT213346
Researcher: Mohamed Ghannam
Status: Confirmed
CVE: CVE-2022-32840 (🔍)
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20150917
Entry
Created: 07/21/2022 16:03Updated: 08/16/2022 08:22
Changes: 07/21/2022 16:03 (18), 07/21/2022 16:06 (28), 08/16/2022 08:22 (1)
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