github - ghsa-fqvv-c6v9-fvqv

ghsa-fqvv-c6v9-fvqv

Vulnerability from github

Published

2022-05-27 00:00

Modified

2022-06-09 00:00

Severity ?

4.4 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

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 contents of system files.

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CVE-2022-26688 (GCVE-0-2022-26688)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5

Published

2022-05-26 17:46

Modified

2024-08-03 05:11

Severity ?

CWE

A malicious app with root privileges may be able to modify the contents of system files

Summary

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 contents of system files.

References

URL

Tags

	https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213183	x_refsource_MISC
	https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213184	x_refsource_MISC
	https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213185	x_refsource_MISC

Impacted products

Vendor

Product

Version

Version: unspecified < 12.3

	Apple	macOS	Version: unspecified < 11.6
	Apple	macOS	Version: unspecified < 2022

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