CVE-2019-8568 (GCVE-0-2019-8568)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2019-12-18 17:33
Modified
2024-08-04 21:24
Severity ?
VLAI Severity ?
EPSS score ?
CWE
- A local user may be able to modify protected parts of the file system
Summary
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.
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Sightings
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