CVE-2019-8568

medium

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.

References

https://support.apple.com/HT210122

https://support.apple.com/HT210120

https://support.apple.com/HT210119

https://support.apple.com/HT210118

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2019-12-18

Updated: 2019-12-20

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 2.1

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Severity: Low

CVSS v3

Base Score: 5.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Severity: Medium