description: A validation issue existed in the handling of symlinks. This issue was addressed with improved validation of symlinks. This issue is fixed in Security Update 2022-003 Catalina, macOS Big Sur 11.6.5, macOS Monterey 12.3. A local user may be able to write arbitrary files.
problem types: A local user may be able to write arbitrary files
affected:
{
vendor: Apple
product: macOS
versions:
version: unspecified, lessThan: 12.3, status: affected, versionType: custom
}
{
vendor: Apple
product: macOS
versions:
version: unspecified, lessThan: 2022, status: affected, versionType: custom
}
{
vendor: Apple
product: macOS
versions:
version: unspecified, lessThan: 11.6, status: affected, versionType: custom
}
