CVE-2019-8568

2019-12-1817:33:19

apple

www.cve.org

5.6 Medium

AI Score

Confidence

Low

0.0004 Low

EPSS

Percentile

5.1%

JSON

A validation issue existed in the handling of symlinks. This issue was addressed with improved validation of symlinks. This issue is fixed in iOS 12.3, macOS Mojave 10.14.5, tvOS 12.3, watchOS 5.2.1. A local user may be able to modify protected parts of the file system.

CNA Affected

[
  {
    "product": "iOS",
    "vendor": "Apple",
    "versions": [
      {
        "lessThan": "iOS 12.3",
        "status": "affected",
        "version": "unspecified",
        "versionType": "custom"
      }
    ]
  },
  {
    "product": "macOS",
    "vendor": "Apple",
    "versions": [
      {
        "lessThan": "macOS Mojave 10.14.5",
        "status": "affected",
        "version": "unspecified",
        "versionType": "custom"
      }
    ]
  },
  {
    "product": "tvOS",
    "vendor": "Apple",
    "versions": [
      {
        "lessThan": "tvOS 12.3",
        "status": "affected",
        "version": "unspecified",
        "versionType": "custom"
      }
    ]
  },
  {
    "product": "watchOS",
    "vendor": "Apple",
    "versions": [
      {
        "lessThan": "watchOS 5.2.1",
        "status": "affected",
        "version": "unspecified",
        "versionType": "custom"
      }
    ]
  }
]