Apple macOS Preferences permission

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Apple macOS. It has been declared as problematic. Impacted is an unknown function of the component Preferences. Such manipulation leads to permission. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2022-22609. The attack must be carried out locally. There is no available exploit. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Apple macOS (Operating System) (version now known). Affected by this issue is some unknown processing of the component Preferences. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a permission vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-275. Impacted is confidentiality.

The weakness was presented 03/14/2022 by Zhipeng Huo as HT213183 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is shared for download at support.apple.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2022-22609. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1222. The advisory points out:

A malicious application may be able to read other applications' settings

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability. The advisory contains the following remark:

The issue was addressed with additional permissions checks.

Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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: 3.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 3.2

VulDB Base Score: 3.3
VulDB Temp Score: 3.2
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Permission
CWE: CWE-275 / CWE-266
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Status: Not defined

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Timelineinfo

01/05/2022 🔍
03/14/2022 +68 days 🔍
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03/15/2022 +1 days 🔍
03/17/2022 +2 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: HT213183
Researcher: Zhipeng Huo
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2022-22609 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2022-22609
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-195068
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20180712

Entryinfo

Created: 03/15/2022 10:36
Updated: 03/17/2022 16:51
Changes: 03/15/2022 10:36 (11), 03/15/2022 10:37 (6), 03/15/2022 10:40 (28), 03/17/2022 16:51 (1)
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