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CVE-2022-42860

19
FAUCET Score

CVE-2022-42860 is a medium-severity vulnerability affecting Apple macOS Monterey, Big Sur, and Ventura, where an application could modify protected parts of the file system due to insufficient checks. This local vulnerability requires user interaction for exploitation, allowing an attacker to achieve high integrity impact without affecting confidentiality or availability. There is currently no public exploit code available, no evidence of active exploitation, and minimal community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 11.0.0, < 11.7.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 12.0.0, < 12.6.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 11.7CPE match
cpe:2.3:a:apple:macos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 12.6CPE match
cpe:2.3:a:apple:macos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 13CPE match
cpe:2.3:a:apple:macos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

5.5MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.16%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
5.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0016 is in the 7th percentile among its peer group of 5,765 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Patches (1)

applevendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch

References

support.apple.com / en-us/HT213488
Release NotesVendor Advisory
support.apple.com / en-us/HT213493
Release NotesVendor Advisory
support.apple.com / en-us/HT213494
Release NotesVendor Advisory