Cross-application settings disclosure via missing permission checks
Published Mar 18, 2022 · Updated Aug 3, 2024
An access-control flaw in Preferences across Apple operating systems allows malicious applications to read other applications' settings. Affected releases are iOS and iPadOS before 15.4, tvOS before 15.4, macOS before 12.3, and watchOS before 8.5; Preferences handles cross-app settings reads without sufficient permission checks. Exploitation requires a malicious application to run locally, and the documented consequence is disclosure of other applications' configuration data.
Summary
What happened
An access-control flaw in Preferences across Apple operating systems allows malicious applications to read other applications' settings. Affected releases are iOS and iPadOS before 15.4, tvOS before 15.4, macOS before 12.3, and watchOS before 8.5; Preferences handles cross-app settings reads without sufficient permission checks. Exploitation requires a malicious application to run locally, and the documented consequence is disclosure of other applications' configuration data.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2022-22609
- Published
- Mar 18, 2022
- Updated
- Aug 3, 2024
- Vendor
- Apple
- Product
- iOS and iPadOS
- Classifications
- Unavailable
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- Unavailable
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Mar 18, 2022CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Aug 3, 2024Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=unspecified <15.4
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