CVE-2019-8789

published 2019-12-18

CVE-2019-8789: A validation issue existed in the handling of symlinks. This issue was addressed with improved validation of symlinks. This issue is fixed in iOS 13.2 and…

Priority P4 24 medium 5.5 CVSS 3.1

AV L AC L PR N UI R S U C H I N 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 13.2 and iPadOS 13.2, macOS Catalina 10.15.1. Parsing a maliciously crafted iBooks file may lead to disclosure of user information.

Affected

7 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
apple	ios	>= unspecified < iOS 13.2 and iPadOS 13.2	iOS 13.2 and iPadOS 13.2
apple	ios_13.2_and_ipados	—	—
apple	ipados	< 13.2	13.2
apple	iphone_os	< 13.2	13.2
apple	mac_os_x	< 10.15.1	10.15.1
apple	macos	>= unspecified < macOS Catalina 10.15.1	macOS Catalina 10.15.1
apple	macos_catalina_10.15.1_security_update_2019-001_and_security_update_2019-006	—	—

CVSS provenance

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

nvd v2.0 4.3 MEDIUM AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

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