Apple watchOS up to 8.3 Crash Reporter Local Privilege Escalation

| CVSS Meta Temp Score | Current Exploit Price (≈) | CTI Interest Score |
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| 7.5 | $0-$5k | 0.00 |
Summary
A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Apple watchOS up to 8.3. This impacts an unknown function of the component Crash Reporter. The manipulation leads to an unknown weakness. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2022-22578. Local access is required to approach this attack. No exploit exists. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.
Details
A vulnerability was found in Apple watchOS up to 8.3 (Smartwatch Operating System). It has been rated as critical. This issue affects an unknown functionality of the component Crash Reporter. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
The weakness was disclosed 01/26/2022 as HT213059 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is shared at support.apple.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2022-22578. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The advisory points out:
A malicious application may be able to gain root privileges
Upgrading to version 8.4 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability. The advisory contains the following remark:
A logic issue was addressed with improved validation.
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Product
Type
Vendor
Name
Version
License
Website
- Vendor: https://www.apple.com/
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
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ATT&CK: 🔍
Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No
Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined
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Threat Intelligence
Interest: 🔍Active Actors: 🔍
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Countermeasures
Recommended: UpgradeStatus: 🔍
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Upgrade: watchOS 8.4
Timeline
01/05/2022 🔍01/26/2022 🔍
01/26/2022 🔍
01/27/2022 🔍
01/29/2022 🔍
Sources
Vendor: apple.comAdvisory: HT213059
Status: Confirmed
CVE: CVE-2022-22578 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2022-22578
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-191717
Entry
Created: 01/27/2022 12:55Updated: 01/29/2022 13:24
Changes: 01/27/2022 12:55 (17), 01/27/2022 12:58 (27), 01/29/2022 13:24 (1)
Complete: 🔍
Cache ID: 216::103
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