Apple iOS

CVE-2019-8568
MEDIUM 5.5

At a glance

Source
NVD
EPSS
EPSS 0.36 % · percentile 29 ()
State
PUBLISHED
Published
Updated
Assigner
apple
NVD status
Modified

Description

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.

Weaknesses (CWE)

  • CWE-59 — Improper Link Resolution Before File Access

References

Scores

VersionScoreVectorScored by
CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.5CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:NNVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary)
CVSS 2.0LOW 2.1AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:NNVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary)

European references

CERT-FR advisories

Affected configurations (NVD CPE)

Affected products

ProductVersions
Apple · iOSaffected unspecified < iOS 12.3
Apple · macOSaffected unspecified < macOS Mojave 10.14.5
Apple · tvOSaffected unspecified < tvOS 12.3
Apple · watchOSaffected unspecified < watchOS 5.2.1

Sources

SourceLicence
CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5)CVE Program Terms of Use
EPSS (FIRST.org)FIRST — attribution requested
ENISA EUVDENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged
CERT-FR (ANSSI)Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0
NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feedsPublic domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD