CVE-2019-8606 — Race Condition in Apple Macos

CWE-362 — Race Condition3 documents3 sources
Severity
7.0HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.0%
top 91.43%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
3
Apple MacosApple MAC OS XApple Macos Mojave 10.14.5 Security Update 2019-003 High Sierra Security Update 2019-0
Timeline
PublishedDec 18
Latest updateMay 24

Description

A validation issue existed in the handling of symlinks. This issue was addressed with improved validation of symlinks. This issue is fixed in macOS Mojave 10.14.5. A local user may be able to load unsigned kernel extensions.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 1.0 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages3 packages

▶CVEListV5apple/macosunspecified — macOS Mojave 10.14.5
▶NVDapple/mac_os_x< 10.14.5

🔴Vulnerability Details

1
GHSA
GHSA-7h6r-9776-xcj9: A validation issue existed in the handling of symlinks↗2022-05-24
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📋Vendor Advisories

1
Apple
CVE-2019-8606: macOS Mojave 10.14.5, Security Update 2019-003 High Sierra, Security Update 2019-003 Sierra↗2019-05-13
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