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CVE-2019-8568
A validation issue existed in the handling of symlinks. This issue was addressed with improved validation of symlinks. This issue is fixed…
Medium5.5EPSS 0.36%
- Published
- Updated
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- Assigned by
- apple
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
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Medium5.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.36% · top 71% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.5.
Weakness
- A local user may be able to modify protected parts of the file system
- CWE-59 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-59 and its CVEs
Affected products
References (4)
- https://support.apple.com/HT210118 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://support.apple.com/HT210119 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://support.apple.com/HT210120 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://support.apple.com/HT210122 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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