CVE-2022-42853 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

An access issue was addressed with improved access restrictions. This issue is fixed in macOS Ventura 13.1. An app may be able to modify protected parts of the file system.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Apple	Macos

Configuration 1 [-]

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

No data.

References

Link	Providers
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Dec/23
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213532
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213533

History

Mon, 21 Apr 2025 15:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Weaknesses		CWE-284
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: apple

Published: 2022-12-15T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-04-21T14:58:43.287Z

Reserved: 2022-10-11T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2022-42853

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T13:19:05.343Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-12-15T19:15:24.860

Modified: 2025-04-21T15:15:53.440

Link: CVE-2022-42853

Redhat

No data.

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