Description
A validation issue existed in the handling of symlinks and was addressed with improved validation of symlinks. This issue is fixed in macOS Monterey 12.4. An app may be able to gain elevated privileges.
Affected products
Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.
Apple macOS
unspecified to < 12.4affected
References
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213257 ↗
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213343 ↗
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213344 ↗
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Jul/14 ↗
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Jul/13 ↗
- https://github.com/mandiant/Vulnerability-Disclosures/blob/master/2022/MNDT-2022-0032/MNDT-2022-0032.md ↗