CVE-2019-8568

A validation issue existed in the handling of symlinks

published December 18, 2019

CVSS
—
EPSS
0%
Percentile
28.0
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00355 · 28.0th percentile
Published
2019-12-18T17:33Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 18 DEC 17:33Z
    A validation issue existed in the handling of symlinks
    cvelistv5