Apple macOS up to 12.3 libresolv Local Privilege Escalation

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Apple macOS up to 12.3. It has been rated as problematic. This impacts an unknown function of the component libresolv. The manipulation leads to an unknown weakness. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2022-26776. The attack can only be performed from a local environment. No exploit is available. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Apple macOS up to 12.3 (Operating System) and classified as problematic. This issue affects an unknown function of the component libresolv. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The weakness was published 05/16/2022 by Zubair Ashraf as HT213257 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is shared at support.apple.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2022-26776. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The advisory points out:

An attacker may be able to cause unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution

Upgrading to version 12.4 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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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.6
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.4

VulDB Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Temp Score: 5.1
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NVD Base Score: 9.8
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Local Privilege Escalation
CWE: Unknown
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: macOS 12.4

Timelineinfo

03/08/2022 🔍
05/16/2022 +68 days 🔍
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05/18/2022 +2 days 🔍
05/31/2025 +1108 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: HT213257
Researcher: Zubair Ashraf
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2022-26776 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2022-26776
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-200165
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20180712

Entryinfo

Created: 05/18/2022 07:27
Updated: 05/31/2025 01:59
Changes: 05/18/2022 07:27 (18), 05/18/2022 07:30 (28), 05/25/2022 07:36 (1), 05/28/2022 14:20 (1), 05/31/2025 01:59 (34)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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