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FKIE_CVE-2022-26727

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2022-05-26 19:15 - Updated: 2026-06-17 04:35

Severity

5.5 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Summary

This issue was addressed with improved entitlements. This issue is fixed in Security Update 2022-004 Catalina, macOS Monterey 12.4. A malicious application may be able to modify protected parts of the file system.

References

URL	Tags
product-security@apple.com	https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213255	Vendor Advisory
product-security@apple.com	https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213257	Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213255	Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213257	Vendor Advisory

Impacted products

Vendor	Product	Version
apple	mac_os_x	*
apple	mac_os_x	10.15.7
apple	mac_os_x	10.15.7
apple	mac_os_x	10.15.7
apple	mac_os_x	10.15.7
apple	mac_os_x	10.15.7
apple	mac_os_x	10.15.7
apple	mac_os_x	10.15.7
apple	mac_os_x	10.15.7
apple	mac_os_x	10.15.7
apple	mac_os_x	10.15.7
apple	mac_os_x	10.15.7
apple	mac_os_x	10.15.7
apple	mac_os_x	10.15.7
apple	macos	*

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CVE-2022-26727 (GCVE-0-2022-26727)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-05-26 18:57 – Updated: 2024-08-03 05:11

Summary

Severity

No CVSS data available.

CWE

A malicious application may be able to modify protected parts of the file system

Assigner

apple mitre root

References

2 references

URL	Tags
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213255	x_refsource_MISC
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213257	x_refsource_MISC

Impacted products

2 products

Vendor	Product	Version
Apple	Security Update - Catalina	Affected: unspecified , < 2022 (custom)
Apple	macOS	Affected: unspecified , < 12.4 (custom)

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FKIE_CVE-2022-26727

CVE-2022-26727 (GCVE-0-2022-26727)

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