CVE-2019-8568

State: Published
Severity: Not scored
Published: Dec 18, 2019
Updated: Aug 4, 2024
Reserved: Feb 18, 2019

Description

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.

Scores

The record has no CVSS score.

Weaknesses

The record names no weakness.

Affected Products

Product	Versions
iOSApple	before iOS 12.3Affected
macOSApple	before macOS Mojave 10.14.5Affected
tvOSApple	before tvOS 12.3Affected
watchOSApple	before watchOS 5.2.1Affected

References

https://support.apple.com/HT210118
https://support.apple.com/HT210119
https://support.apple.com/HT210120
https://support.apple.com/HT210122

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