CVE-2022-32782 Privilege escalation in macOS

What is CVE-2022-32782?

CVE-2022-32782 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Apple Macos, published on 23 Sep 2022. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

This issue was addressed by enabling hardened runtime. This issue is fixed in macOS Monterey 12.4. An app with root privileges may be able to access private information.

Weakness: CWE-269

Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-32782?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Apple Macos.

How do I fix CVE-2022-32782?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-32782 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2022-32782 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-32782 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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• CVE-2024-44146 Security feature bypass in macOS Critical 10.0
• CVE-2024-44148 Security feature bypass in macOS Critical 10.0
• CVE-2023-38586 Security feature bypass in macOS Critical 10.0
• CVE-2023-40455 Security feature bypass in macOS Critical 10.0

All Apple Macos vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-255p-hfwr-9qm4.