Local privilege escalation via undisclosed Audio code
Published Nov 1, 2022 · Updated Apr 22, 2025
Privilege escalation in Audio in Apple macOS before 13 allows local users to gain elevated privileges through a malicious app. Apple identifies the Audio component and says vulnerable code was removed, but has not disclosed the code locus or the operation it performs incorrectly. Execution of an attacker-controlled app by a user is required; successful exploitation grants elevated local privileges.
Summary
What happened
Privilege escalation in Audio in Apple macOS before 13 allows local users to gain elevated privileges through a malicious app. Apple identifies the Audio component and says vulnerable code was removed, but has not disclosed the code locus or the operation it performs incorrectly. Execution of an attacker-controlled app by a user is required; successful exploitation grants elevated local privileges.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2022-42796
- Published
- Nov 1, 2022
- Updated
- Apr 22, 2025
- Vendor
- Apple
- Product
- macOS
- Classifications
- CWE-269, T1068
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Nov 1, 2022CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Apr 22, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
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- Affected versionversion=unspecified <13
- Affected versionversion=unspecified <15.7
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