PT-2020-11299 · Apple · Macos Catalina

Paulos Yibelo · Published 2020-10-27 · Updated 2024-07-08 · CVE-2019-8761

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.5

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions macOS Catalina versions prior to 10.15.1 Security Update versions prior to 2019-001 Security Update versions prior to 2019-006

Description Parsing a maliciously crafted text file may lead to disclosure of user information. This issue was addressed with improved checks.

Recommendations For macOS Catalina versions prior to 10.15.1, update to macOS Catalina 10.15.1 or later to resolve the issue. For Security Update versions prior to 2019-001, apply Security Update 2019-001 or later to resolve the issue. For Security Update versions prior to 2019-006, apply Security Update 2019-006 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider avoiding the use of text files from untrusted sources until the issue is resolved.

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2019-8761

Affected Products

Macos Catalina

References · 12

• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT210722 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-8761 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2019-8761 · Vendor Advisory
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT210634 · Vendor Advisory
• https://t.me/defcon_news/72928 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/cybersecuritytechnologies/3057 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/secharvester/10842 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/cvenotify/85343 · Telegram Post
• https://paulosyibelo.com/2021/04/this-man-thought-opening-txt-file-is.html · Note
• https://t.me/cibsecurity/15630 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/rnetsec/14721 · Telegram Post
• https://twitter.com/StormSoulTV/status/1767343201516409030 · Twitter Post