Apple macOS prior 12.2 Crash Reporter Local Privilege Escalation

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Apple macOS. It has been classified as critical. Impacted is an unknown function of the component Crash Reporter. The manipulation leads to an unknown weakness. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2022-22578. The attack can only be performed from a local environment. No exploit is available. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Apple macOS (Operating System). It has been rated as critical. This issue affects an unknown code block of the component Crash Reporter. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The weakness was published 01/26/2022 as HT213054 as confirmed advisory (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at support.apple.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2022-22578. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The advisory points out:

A malicious application may be able to gain root privileges

Upgrading to version 12.2 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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Productinfo

Type

Operating System

Vendor

Apple

Name

macOS

License

commercial

Website

Vendor: https://www.apple.com/

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.8
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.5

VulDB Base Score: 7.8
VulDB Temp Score: 7.5
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Local Privilege Escalation
CWE: Unknown
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ATT&CK: 🔍

Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
Status: 🔍

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Upgrade: macOS 12.2

Timelineinfo

01/05/2022 🔍
01/26/2022 +21 days 🔍
01/26/2022 +0 days 🔍
01/27/2022 +1 days 🔍
01/29/2022 +2 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: HT213054
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2022-22578 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2022-22578
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-191735
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20180712

Entryinfo

Created: 01/27/2022 13:05
Updated: 01/29/2022 14:44
Changes: 01/27/2022 13:05 (16), 01/27/2022 13:09 (28), 01/29/2022 14:44 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103