CVE-2019-8568

published 2019-12-18

CVE-2019-8568: 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…

Priority P4 23 medium 5.5 CVSS 3.1

AV L AC L PR L UI N S U C N I H A N

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.

Affected

12 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
apple	ios	—	—
apple	ios	>= unspecified < iOS 12.3	iOS 12.3
apple	iphone_os	< 12.3	12.3
apple	mac_os_x	< 10.14.5	10.14.5
apple	macos	>= unspecified < macOS Mojave 10.14.5	macOS Mojave 10.14.5
apple	macos_mojave_10.14.5_security_update_2019-003_high_sierra_security_update_2019-0	—	—
apple	tvos	< 12.3	12.3
apple	tvos	—	—
apple	tvos	>= unspecified < tvOS 12.3	tvOS 12.3
apple	watchos	< 5.2.1	5.2.1
apple	watchos	—	—
apple	watchos	>= unspecified < watchOS 5.2.1	watchOS 5.2.1

CVSS provenance

nvd v3.1 5.5 MEDIUM CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

nvd v2.0 2.1 LOW AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

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