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CVE-2022-48503 KEV High · 8.8 EPSS 3.2%

Apple Multiple Products Unspecified Vulnerability

Apple · Multiple Products

Summary

Apple's multiple products, including iOS, iPadOS, macOS, tvOS, watchOS and Safari, contain a flaw involving improper validation of an array index that was addressed with improved bounds checks. An attacker can achieve arbitrary code execution by getting a user to process malicious web content, requiring no authentication and only user interaction over the network.

Official description · NVD

The issue was addressed with improved bounds checks. This issue is fixed in tvOS 15.6, watchOS 8.7, iOS 15.6 and iPadOS 15.6, macOS Monterey 12.5, Safari 15.6. Processing web content may lead to arbitrary code execution.

Breakdown
61.8 / 100
Exploited
Yes, in CISA KEV
Reports
0
Tactics
2/15

How an attack unfolds

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  1. How attackers get in

  2. What they do

First seen exploited 2 years after disclosure.

  1. Disclosedday 0
  2. First seen exploitedVulnCheck KEV evidenceAdded to CISA KEVEU database agrees+2 yrs

CISA KEV listing is when exploitation was confirmed, not necessarily the first attack.

techniques

2 , grouped by in kill-chain order, 2 cited passages 2

Initial AccessTA0001

Drive-by Compromise T1189 Medium
AI mapping from the description · how it is exploited

Malicious web content triggers exploitation via browser

Processing web content may lead to arbitrary code execution
From the official description (NVD) Original (opens in a new tab) ↗

ExecutionTA0002

Command and Scripting Interpreter T1059 Medium
AI mapping from the description · primary impact

Successful exploitation yields arbitrary code execution

Processing web content may lead to arbitrary code execution
From the official description (NVD) Original (opens in a new tab) ↗

Detection

0 rules for this CVE · 98 general rules for its techniques

Rules for this CVE

0 that reference CVE-2022-48503 directly.

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What security researchers reported

Not named in any threat report yet

Also mentioned in 50 community threat pulses (AlienVault OTX)

Weaker evidence

Pulses are indicator collections that anyone can publish. A mention is not confirmation of exploitation.

References

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