PT-2019-19098

CVE-2019-8568

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Published

2019-12-18

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Updated

2019-12-20

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CVSS 3.1
5.5
Medium
MetricsAV: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.
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