CVE-2019-8606

A validation issue existed in the handling of symlinks

published December 18, 2019

CVSS
—
EPSS
0%
Percentile
9.6
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 macOS Mojave 10.14.5. A local user may be able to load unsigned kernel extensions.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00202 · 9.6th percentile
Published
2019-12-18T17:33Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 18 DEC 17:33Z
    A validation issue existed in the handling of symlinks
    cvelistv5