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OS X update for Spotlight (CVE-2022-26704)

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OS X update for Spotlight (CVE-2022-26704)

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
05/26/2022
Created
06/02/2022
Added
06/01/2022
Modified
12/11/2023

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.

Solution(s)

  • apple-osx-security-update-2022-005-catalina
  • apple-osx-upgrade-11_6_8
  • apple-osx-upgrade-12_4

References

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