Apple macOS up to 13.0 Kernel race condition

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Apple macOS. It has been rated as critical. The impacted element is an unknown function of the component Kernel. This manipulation causes race condition. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2022-46689. It is possible to launch the attack on the local host. Additionally, an exploit exists. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

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A vulnerability has been found in Apple macOS (Operating System) and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown function of the component Kernel. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a race condition vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-362. The product contains a code sequence that can run concurrently with other code, and the code sequence requires temporary, exclusive access to a shared resource, but a timing window exists in which the shared resource can be modified by another code sequence that is operating concurrently. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The weakness was released 12/13/2022 by Ian Beer as HT213532 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is shared at support.apple.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2022-46689. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available. The advisory points out:

An app may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges

A public exploit has been developed by zhuowei and been published 4 days after the advisory. It is possible to download the exploit at github.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept.

Upgrading to version 13.1 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability. The advisory contains the following remark:

A race condition was addressed with additional validation.

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Productinfo

Type

• Operating System

Vendor

• Apple

Name

• macOS

Version

• 5.3
• 5.11
• 10.8.5
• 10.9.5
• 10.10
• 10.10.1
• 10.10.2
• 10.10.3
• 10.12
• 10.12.0
• 10.12.1
• 10.12.2
• 10.12.3
• 10.12.4
• 10.12.5
• 10.12.6
• 10.13
• 10.13.0
• 10.13.1
• 10.13.2
• 10.13.3
• 10.13.4
• 10.13.5
• 10.13.5 2018-003
• 10.13.6
• 10.14
• 10.14.1
• 10.14.2
• 10.14.4
• 10.14.5
• 10.14.6
• 10.15
• 10.15.0
• 10.15.1
• 10.15.2
• 10.15.3
• 10.15.4
• 10.15.5
• 10.15.6
• 10.15.7
• 11.0.1
• 11.1
• 11.2
• 11.2.1
• 11.2.3
• 11.3
• 11.3.1
• 11.4
• 11.5
• 11.6
• 11.6.6
• 11.7
• 11.7.3
• 11.7.5
• 11.7.9
• 12.0.1
• 12.1
• 12.2
• 12.2.1
• 12.3
• 12.3.1
• 12.4
• 12.5
• 12.5.1
• 12.6
• 12.6.2
• 12.6.3
• 12.6.4
• 12.6.7
• 12.6.8
• 12.7
• 12.7.1
• 12.7.5
• 12.7.6
• 13
• 13.0

License

• commercial

Website

• Vendor: https://www.apple.com/

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