Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in Defender for Endpoint for macOS - CVE-2022-35828

 

Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in Defender for Endpoint for macOS - CVE-2022-35828

Published: September 14, 2022


Vulnerability identifier: #VU67285
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 8.5 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2022-35828
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.

The vulnerability exists due to application does not properly impose security restrictions in the Microsoft Defender for Endpoint for Mac, which leads to security restrictions bypass and privilege escalation.


Affected software

Defender for Endpoint for macOS

How to mitigate CVE-2022-35828

Install updates from vendor's website.


External References

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