High severity · published May 26, 2022
CVE-2022-26704
A validation issue existed in the handling of symlinks and was addressed with improved validation of symlinks
7.8
CVSS
1.1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
A validation issue existed in the handling of symlinks and was addressed with improved validation of symlinks. This issue is fixed in macOS Monterey 12.4. An app may be able to gain elevated privileges.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.1% · higher than 66% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
MA
macOS · Apple
11.0 before 11.6.8; 12.0.0 before 12.4 · source: NVD
MO
Mac OS X · Apple
10.15 before 10.15.7; 10.15.7; 10.15.7; 10.15.7; 10.15.7; 10.15.7; +12 more · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-26704
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-26704
Mailing List
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Jul/13
Mailing List
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Jul/14
Technical Description
https://github.com/mandiant/Vulnerability-Disclosures/blob/master/2022/MNDT-2022-0032/MNDT-2022-0032.md
Release Notes
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213257
Mailing List
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213343
Vendor Advisory
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213344
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