CVE-2019-8772 — Inadequate Encryption Strength in Apple Macos

CWE-326 — Inadequate Encryption Strength4 documents3 sources
Severity
7.5HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.3%
top 42.63%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
4
Apple MacosApple MAC OS XApple Macos Catalina+1 more
Timeline
PublishedDec 18
Latest updateMay 24

Description

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.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:NExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages4 packages

▶CVEListV5apple/macosunspecified — macOS Catalina 10.15
▶NVDapple/mac_os_x< 10.15

🔴Vulnerability Details

1
GHSA
GHSA-mhr9-83m9-mfgj: An issue existed in the handling of links in encrypted PDFs↗2022-05-24
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📋Vendor Advisories

2
Apple
CVE-2019-8772: macOS Catalina 10.15.1, Security Update 2019-001, and Security Update 2019-006↗2019-10-29
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Apple
CVE-2019-8772: macOS Catalina 10.15↗2019-10-07
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