PT-2019-19098 · Apple · Watchos+3

Dany Lisiansky + 1 · Published 2019-12-18 · Updated 2019-12-20 · CVE-2019-8568

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.5

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions iOS versions prior to 12.3 macOS Mojave versions prior to 10.14.5 tvOS versions prior to 12.3 watchOS versions prior to 5.2.1

Description A validation issue existed in the handling of symlinks, which has been addressed with improved validation. This could allow a local user to modify protected parts of the file system.

Recommendations For iOS versions prior to 12.3, update to iOS 12.3 or later. For macOS Mojave versions prior to 10.14.5, update to macOS Mojave 10.14.5 or later. For tvOS versions prior to 12.3, update to tvOS 12.3 or later. For watchOS versions prior to 5.2.1, update to watchOS 5.2.1 or later.

Fix

Link Following

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-59

Related Identifiers

CVE-2019-8568

Affected Products

Ios

Macos Mojave

Tvos

Watchos

References · 6

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-8568 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2019-8568 · Vendor Advisory
• https://support.apple.com/HT210120 · Vendor Advisory
• https://support.apple.com/HT210119 · Vendor Advisory
• https://support.apple.com/HT210122 · Vendor Advisory
• https://support.apple.com/HT210118 · Vendor Advisory