Screen capture via undisclosed TCC check failure
Published May 26, 2022 · Updated Aug 3, 2024
TCC authorization bypass in Apple watchOS before 8.6 allows attackers to capture a user's screen through an app running on the device. Apple identifies TCC as the affected component but has not published which authorization check mishandles the app's screen-capture request. Exploitation requires an app to execute on the affected watch; the bounded consequence is capture of displayed content.
Summary
What happened
TCC authorization bypass in Apple watchOS before 8.6 allows attackers to capture a user's screen through an app running on the device. Apple identifies TCC as the affected component but has not published which authorization check mishandles the app's screen-capture request. Exploitation requires an app to execute on the affected watch; the bounded consequence is capture of displayed content.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2022-26726
- Published
- May 26, 2022
- Updated
- Aug 3, 2024
- Vendor
- Apple
- Product
- watchOS
- Classifications
- T1513
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- Unavailable
Timeline
How it unfolded
- May 26, 2022CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Aug 3, 2024Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
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- Affected versionversion=unspecified <11.6
- Affected versionversion=unspecified <12.4
- Affected versionversion=unspecified <2022
- Affected versionversion=unspecified <8.6
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Public exploit references
- CVE-2022-26726 TCC bypass proof of conceptproof of concept · demonstrated
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