What is CVE-2022-35631?

CVE-2022-35631 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Apple Macos, classified under Insecure Temporary File. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2022-07-29.

How severe is CVE-2022-35631?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Apple Macos

CVE-2022-35631

On MacOS and Linux, it may be possible to perform a symlink attack by replacing this predictable file name with a symlink to another file and have the Velociraptor client overwrite the other file. This issue was resolved in Velociraptor 0…

EPSS: 0.002 (14.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N.

Affected products

Apple Macos
Linux Linux_kernel
Rapid7 Velociraptor — versions 0.6.5-2

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-377 — Insecure Temporary File
CWE-59 — Improper Link Resolution Before File Access

References

cve@rapid7.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Patch, Mitigation, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-35631?: CVE-2022-35631 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Apple Macos, classified under Insecure Temporary File. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2022-07-29.
How severe is CVE-2022-35631?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.