CVE-2019-8772: An issue existed in the handling of links in encrypted PDFs. This issue was addressed by adding a confirmation prompt. This issue is fixed in macOS Catalina…

PriorityP336high7.5CVSS 3.1

AVNACLPRNUINSUCHINAN

EPSS

1.22%

65.0th percentile

An issue existed in the handling of links in encrypted PDFs. This issue was addressed by adding a confirmation prompt. This issue is fixed in macOS Catalina 10.15. An attacker may be able to exfiltrate the contents of an encrypted PDF.

Affected

4 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
apple	mac_os_x	< 10.15	10.15
apple	macos	>= unspecified < macOS Catalina 10.15	macOS Catalina 10.15
apple	macos_catalina	—	—
apple	macos_catalina_10.15.1_security_update_2019-001_and_security_update_2019-006	—	—

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.17.5HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

nvdv2.05.0MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

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