Apple tvOS up to 15.7.0 App Local Privilege Escalation

CVSS Meta Temp Score
CVSS is a standardized scoring system to determine possibilities of attacks. The Temp Score considers temporal factors like disclosure, exploit and countermeasures. The unique Meta Score calculates the average score of different sources to provide a normalized scoring system.
Current Exploit Price (≈)
Our analysts are monitoring exploit markets and are in contact with vulnerability brokers. The range indicates the observed or calculated exploit price to be seen on exploit markets. A good indicator to understand the monetary effort required for and the popularity of an attack.
CTI Interest Score
Our Cyber Threat Intelligence team is monitoring different web sites, mailing lists, exploit markets and social media networks. The CTI Interest Score identifies the interest of attackers and the security community for this specific vulnerability in real-time. A high score indicates an elevated risk to be targeted for this vulnerability.
7.6$0-$5k0.00

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Apple tvOS up to 15.7.0. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component App Handler. This manipulation causes an unknown weakness. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2022-32949. The attack can only be executed locally. There is no exploit available. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Apple tvOS up to 15.7.0 (Digital Media Player). It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component App Handler. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

This issue was addressed with improved checks. This issue is fixed in iOS 15.7.1 and iPadOS 15.7.1, tvOS 16. An app may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges.

The weakness was shared 02/28/2023. The advisory is shared at support.apple.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2022-32949 since 06/09/2022. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

Upgrading to version 15.7.1 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2022-36015). Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

Productinfo

Type

Vendor

Name

Version

License

Website

CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

CVSSv4info

VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.8
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.6

VulDB Base Score: 7.8
VulDB Temp Score: 7.5
VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

NVD Base Score: 7.8
NVD Vector: 🔍

CVSSv2info

AVACAuCIA
💳💳💳💳💳💳
💳💳💳💳💳💳
💳💳💳💳💳💳
VectorComplexityAuthenticationConfidentialityIntegrityAvailability
UnlockUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlock
UnlockUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlock
UnlockUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlock

VulDB Base Score: 🔍
VulDB Temp Score: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

Exploitinginfo

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

Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: Partially

Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined

EPSS Score: 🔍
EPSS Percentile: 🔍

Price Prediction: 🔍
Current Price Estimation: 🔍

0-DayUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlock
TodayUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlock

Threat Intelligenceinfo

Interest: 🔍
Active Actors: 🔍
Active APT Groups: 🔍

Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
Status: 🔍

0-Day Time: 🔍

Upgrade: tvOS 15.7.1

Timelineinfo

06/09/2022 🔍
02/28/2023 +264 days 🔍
02/28/2023 +0 days 🔍
06/08/2026 +1196 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: support.apple.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2022-32949 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2022-32949
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-221929
EUVD: 🔍

Entryinfo

Created: 02/28/2023 08:18
Updated: 06/08/2026 21:03
Changes: 02/28/2023 08:18 (40), 03/26/2023 08:28 (10), 03/11/2025 23:02 (23), 06/08/2026 21:03 (1)
Complete: 🔍
Cache ID: 216::103

Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

Discussion

No comments yet. Languages: en.

Please log in to comment.

◂ PreviousOverviewNext ▸

Do you want to use VulDB in your project?

Use the official API to access entries easily!