CVE-2022-22582

medium

Description

A validation issue existed in the handling of symlinks. This issue was addressed with improved validation of symlinks. This issue is fixed in Security Update 2022-003 Catalina, macOS Big Sur 11.6.5, macOS Monterey 12.3. A local user may be able to write arbitrary files.

References

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213184

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213185

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213183

Details

Source: MITRE

Published: 2023-02-27

Updated: 2023-03-07

Type: CWE-59

CVSS v3

Base Score: 5.5

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Impact Score: 3.6

Exploitability Score: 1.8

Severity: MEDIUM