CVE-2022-32905 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

This issue was addressed with improved validation of symlinks. This issue is fixed in macOS Ventura 13. Processing a maliciously crafted DMG file may lead to arbitrary code execution with system privileges.

Published: 2022-11-01

Score: 7.8 High

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	< 13

Configuration 1 [-]

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

No data.

No data available yet.

Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2022-35971	This issue was addressed with improved validation of symlinks. This issue is fixed in macOS Ventura 13. Processing a maliciously crafted DMG file may lead to arbitrary code execution with system privileges.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00061.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

References

Link	Providers
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213488

History

Tue, 06 May 2025 20:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Apple Macos

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: apple

Published: 2022-11-01T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-05-06T19:23:50.616Z

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

Link: CVE-2022-32905

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T07:54:02.999Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-11-01T20:15:19.057

Modified: 2025-05-06T20:15:20.887

Link: CVE-2022-32905

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-59

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