CVE-2022-32782 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

This issue was addressed by enabling hardened runtime. This issue is fixed in macOS Monterey 12.4. An app with root privileges may be able to access private information.

Published: 2022-09-23

Score: 4.4 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

Apple

macOS

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`unspecified`	affected	< 12.4

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2022-35848	This issue was addressed by enabling hardened runtime. This issue is fixed in macOS Monterey 12.4. An app with root privileges may be able to access private information.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required High

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00055.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213257

History

Thu, 22 May 2025 16:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Weaknesses		CWE-269
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Apple Macos

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: apple

Published: 2022-09-23T18:58:31.000Z

Updated: 2025-05-22T15:16:37.802Z

Reserved: 2022-06-09T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2022-32782

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T07:46:44.967Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-09-23T19:15:12.087

Modified: 2025-05-22T16:15:52.400

Link: CVE-2022-32782

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

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