CVE-2022-26688
Medium
Published: 26 May 2022
Published
26 May 2022
Modified
21 November 2024
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score v3.1
4.4
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
EPSS Score
0.0023
46.0th percentile
Risk Priority
9
60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS
Summary
CVE-2022-26688 is a medium-severity Link Following (CWE-59) vulnerability in Apple Mac Os X. Its CVSS base score is 4.4 (Medium).
Operationally, ranked at the 46.0th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2022-31238
Vulnerability details
An issue in the handling of symlinks was addressed with improved validation. This issue is fixed in Security Update 2022-003 Catalina, macOS Monterey 12.3, macOS Big Sur 11.6.5. A malicious app with root privileges may be able to modify the…
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contents of system files.
- CWE(s)
Related Threats
No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.
Affected Assets
apple
mac os x
10.15.7 · 10.15 — 10.15.7
apple
macos
11.0 — 11.6.5 · 12.0.0 — 12.3
Mitigating Controls
No mitigating controls mapped yet. The per-CVE control annotator has not reached this CVE.