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High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Oct 27, 2020· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2019-6238

CVE-2019-6238

Description

A validation issue existed in the handling of symlinks. This issue was addressed with improved validation of symlinks. This issue is fixed in macOS Mojave 10.14.4, Security Update 2019-002 High Sierra, Security Update 2019-002 Sierra. Processing a maliciously crafted package may lead to arbitrary code execution.

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Affected products

3
  • Apple Inc./Mac OS X
    cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Range: <10.14.4
  • Apple Inc./macOSllm-fuzzy2 versions
    Mojave 10.14.4, Security Update 2019-002 High Sierra, Security Update 2019-002 Sierra+ 1 more
    • (no CPE)range: Mojave 10.14.4, Security Update 2019-002 High Sierra, Security Update 2019-002 Sierra
    • (no CPE)range: unspecified

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