CVE-2022-42821 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

A logic issue was addressed with improved checks. This issue is fixed in macOS Monterey 12.6.2, macOS Big Sur 11.7.2, macOS Ventura 13. An app may bypass Gatekeeper checks.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.0001.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

Apple

macOS

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`unspecified`	affected	< 11.7

Apple

macOS

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`unspecified`	affected	< 13

Apple

macOS

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`unspecified`	affected	< 12.6

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos::::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos::::::::

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Project Subscriptions

Vendors	Products
Apple Subscribe	Macos Subscribe

Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2022-45884	A logic issue was addressed with improved checks. This issue is fixed in macOS Monterey 12.6.2, macOS Big Sur 11.7.2, macOS Ventura 13. An app may bypass Gatekeeper checks.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Dec/24
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Dec/25
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213488
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213533
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213534

History

Mon, 21 Apr 2025 16:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Weaknesses		CWE-693
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Projects

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: apple

Published: 2022-12-15T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-04-21T16:11:26.397Z

Reserved: 2022-10-11T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2022-42821

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T13:19:04.816Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-12-15T19:15:22.950

Modified: 2025-04-21T17:15:21.177

Link: CVE-2022-42821

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

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