Root privilege escalation
Published Mar 18, 2022 · Updated Aug 3, 2024
Privilege escalation in AppKit in Apple macOS Monterey before 12.3 allows local users to gain root privileges via a malicious application. Apple has not published the faulty AppKit operation or the validation condition that accepts the application's input. Execution of a malicious local application with user interaction is required, and successful exploitation grants root privileges.
Summary
What happened
Privilege escalation in AppKit in Apple macOS Monterey before 12.3 allows local users to gain root privileges via a malicious application. Apple has not published the faulty AppKit operation or the validation condition that accepts the application's input. Execution of a malicious local application with user interaction is required, and successful exploitation grants root privileges.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2022-22665
- Published
- Mar 18, 2022
- Updated
- Aug 3, 2024
- Vendor
- Apple
- Product
- macOS
- Classifications
- T1068
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
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 <12.3
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