CVE-2022-46689
A race condition was addressed with additional validation. This issue is fixed in tvOS 16.2, macOS Monterey 12.6.2, macOS Ventura 13.1, macOS Big Sur...
- Published
- Dec 15, 2022
- Updated
- Apr 21, 2025
- Assigning CNA
- apple
- Evidence observed
- Aug 8, 2026
Primary CVSS
nvd · CVSS 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HModerate · next 30 days
- Percentile
- 98.8%
- Model date
- Oct 17, 2026
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Summary
A race condition was addressed with additional validation. This issue is fixed in tvOS 16.2, macOS Monterey 12.6.2, macOS Ventura 13.1, macOS Big Sur 11.7.2, iOS 15.7.2 and iPadOS 15.7.2, iOS 16.2 and iPadOS 16.2, watchOS 9.2. An app may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges.
Sources
modules/exploits/osx/local/mac_dirty_cow.rb
Metasploit Framework modulesDeclared conditions
- platform: OSX($.exploit_osx/local/mac_dirty_cow.platform)
- verification: check_declared($.exploit_osx/local/mac_dirty_cow.check)
- McDirtyPoC
CVE-2022-46689 POC
iOS customization app powered by CVE-2022-46689. No jailbreak required.
- Mandela-LegacyExploit
iOS customization app powered by CVE-2022-46689
- MacDirtyCowPoC
Proof-of-concept exploit for CVE-2022-46689 (MacDirtyCow), a privilege escalation vulnerability in macOS XNU kernel exploiting a race condition in copy-on-write to modify read-only root files.
Proof-of-concept app to overwrite fonts on iOS using CVE-2022-46689.
- JailedCementExploit
Simple iOS bootlooper using CVE-2022-46689. Desguised as onlyfans
- FileManagerExploit
File Manager for CVE-2022-46689
- DockTransparentExploit
CVE-2022-46689
- FileSwitcherXExploit
CVE-2022-46689
- NoCameraSoundExploit
CVE-2022-46689
- MDCExploit
I do some tweaking for iOS from 16.0 to 16.1.2 based on MacDirtyCow (CVE-2022-46689) exploit.
- MacDirtyCowDemoExploit
Get root on macOS 13.0.1 with CVE-2022-46689 (macOS equivalent of the Dirty Cow bug), using the testcase extracted from Apple's XNU source.
- NoHomeBarExploit
CVE-2022-46689
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