PT-2019-19063 · Apple · Time Machine+1

Codecolorist · Published 2019-04-13 · Updated 2019-12-22 · CVE-2019-8513

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.8

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions macOS versions prior to 10.14.4

Description A local user may be able to execute arbitrary shell commands due to a command injection issue in macOS TimeMachine. This allows for reliable local root privilege escalation.

Recommendations For macOS versions prior to 10.14.4, update to macOS Mojave 10.14.4 to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to TimeMachine until the update is applied.

Exploit

Fix

OS Command Injection

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-78

Related Identifiers

CVE-2019-8513

Affected Products

Time Machine

Apple Macos

References · 7

• 🔥 https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/exploits/osx/local/timemachine_cmd_injection.rb · Exploit
• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/47070 · Exploit
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2019-8513 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-8513 · Security Note
• https://support.apple.com/HT209600 · Vendor Advisory
• https://t.me/defcon_news/11049 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/canyoupwnme/5400 · Telegram Post