7.8
HIGH
CVE-2022-22617
"macOS Big Sur/Monterey/Catalina Privilege Escalation Vulnerability"
Description

A logic issue was addressed with improved state management. This issue is fixed in macOS Big Sur 11.6.5, macOS Monterey 12.3, Security Update 2022-003 Catalina. An application may be able to gain elevated privileges.

INFO

Published Date :

March 18, 2022, 6:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

Aug. 8, 2023, 2:21 p.m.

Source :

[email protected]

Remotely Exploitable :

No

Impact Score :

5.9

Exploitability Score :

1.8
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2022-22617 has a 1 public PoC/Exploit available at Github. Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.

Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2022-22617 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Apple macos
2 Apple mac_os_x
: Total Affected Vendor : 1 | Products : 2
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2022-22617.

URL Resource
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213183 Release Notes Vendor Advisory
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213184 Release Notes Vendor Advisory
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213185 Release Notes Vendor Advisory
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213257 Release Notes Vendor Advisory

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

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test 反向辣鸡数据投放 CVE-2022-23305 工具 利用 教程 Exploit POC

cve-2020-

Updated: 2 years ago
5 stars 2 fork 2 watcher
Born at : Jan. 21, 2022, 5:07 a.m. This repo has been linked 2608 different CVEs too.

Results are limited to the first 15 repositories due to potential performance issues.

The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2022-22617 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2022-22617 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CWE Remap by [email protected]

    Aug. 08, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CWE CWE-269 NVD-CWE-noinfo
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Nov. 02, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:10.15.7:security_update_2022-001:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.15.7:security_update_2022-001:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Nov. 02, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:10.15.7:security_update_2022-002:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.15.7:security_update_2022-002:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Nov. 02, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 10.15 from (excluding) 10.15.7 OR *cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 10.15 from (excluding) 10.15.7
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Nov. 02, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:10.15.7:security_update_2020-001:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.15.7:security_update_2020-001:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Nov. 02, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:10.15.7:security_update_2021-001:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.15.7:security_update_2021-001:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Nov. 02, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:10.15.7:security_update_2021-002:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.15.7:security_update_2021-002:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Nov. 02, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:10.15.7:security_update_2021-005:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.15.7:security_update_2021-005:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Nov. 02, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:10.15.7:security_update_2021-004:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.15.7:security_update_2021-004:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Nov. 02, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:10.15.7:security_update_2021-006:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.15.7:security_update_2021-006:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Nov. 02, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:10.15.7:security_update_2021-007:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.15.7:security_update_2021-007:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Nov. 02, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:10.15.7:security_update_2021-008:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.15.7:security_update_2021-008:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Nov. 02, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:10.15.7:security_update_2021-003:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.15.7:security_update_2021-003:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Oct. 05, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Reference Type https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213257 No Types Assigned https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213257 Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 10.15 up to (excluding) 10.15.7 *cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:10.15.7:-:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:10.15.7:security_update_2020-001:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:10.15.7:security_update_2021-001:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:10.15.7:security_update_2021-002:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:10.15.7:security_update_2021-003:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:10.15.7:security_update_2021-004:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:10.15.7:security_update_2021-005:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:10.15.7:security_update_2021-006:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:10.15.7:security_update_2021-007:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:10.15.7:security_update_2021-008:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:10.15.7:security_update_2022-001:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:10.15.7:security_update_2022-002:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:10.15.7:supplemental_update:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 11.6.5 *cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 12.0.0 up to (excluding) 12.3 OR *cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 10.15 up to (excluding) 10.15.7 *cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:10.15.7:-:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:10.15.7:security_update_2020-001:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:10.15.7:security_update_2021-001:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:10.15.7:security_update_2021-002:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:10.15.7:security_update_2021-003:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:10.15.7:security_update_2021-004:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:10.15.7:security_update_2021-005:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:10.15.7:security_update_2021-006:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:10.15.7:security_update_2021-007:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:10.15.7:security_update_2021-008:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:10.15.7:security_update_2022-001:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:10.15.7:security_update_2022-002:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:10.15.7:supplemental_update:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 11.6.5 *cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 12.0.0 up to (excluding) 12.4
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jul. 06, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213257 [No Types Assigned]
  • Reanalysis by [email protected]

    Mar. 28, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed CVSS V2 NIST (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
    Added CVSS V2 NIST (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 10.15 up to (excluding) 10.15.7 *cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:10.15.7:-:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:10.15.7:security_update_2020-001:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:10.15.7:security_update_2021-001:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:10.15.7:security_update_2021-002:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 11.6.5 *cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 12.0.0 up to (excluding) 12.3 OR *cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 10.15 up to (excluding) 10.15.7 *cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:10.15.7:-:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:10.15.7:security_update_2020-001:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:10.15.7:security_update_2021-001:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:10.15.7:security_update_2021-002:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:10.15.7:security_update_2021-003:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:10.15.7:security_update_2021-004:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:10.15.7:security_update_2021-005:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:10.15.7:security_update_2021-006:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:10.15.7:security_update_2021-007:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:10.15.7:security_update_2021-008:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:10.15.7:security_update_2022-001:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:10.15.7:security_update_2022-002:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:10.15.7:supplemental_update:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 11.6.5 *cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 12.0.0 up to (excluding) 12.3
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Mar. 28, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 NIST (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Changed Reference Type https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213183 No Types Assigned https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213183 Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213184 No Types Assigned https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213184 Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213185 No Types Assigned https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213185 Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
    Added CWE NIST CWE-269
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 10.15 up to (excluding) 10.15.7 *cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:10.15.7:-:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:10.15.7:security_update_2020-001:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:10.15.7:security_update_2021-001:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:10.15.7:security_update_2021-002:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 11.6.5 *cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 12.0.0 up to (excluding) 12.3
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2022-22617 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2022-22617 weaknesses.

Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.04 }} 0.00%

score

0.05635

percentile

CVSS31 - Vulnerability Scoring System
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