PT-2019-19117
CVE-2019-8606
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Published
2019-05-30
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Updated
2019-12-23
Description by
CVSS 3.1
7.0
HighMetricsAV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions
Apple macOS versions prior to 10.14.5
Description
A validation issue existed in the handling of symlinks, which has been addressed with improved validation. This could have allowed a local user to load unsigned kernel extensions, potentially leading to privilege escalation.
Recommendations
For versions prior to 10.14.5, update to macOS Mojave 10.14.5 to resolve the issue.
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