Medium severity5.5NVD Advisory· Published Dec 18, 2019· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2019-8568
CVE-2019-8568
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.
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Affected products
12unspecified+ 1 more
- (no CPE)range: unspecified
- (no CPE)range: macOS Mojave 10.14.5
unspecified+ 2 more
- (no CPE)range: unspecified
- (no CPE)range: tvOS 12.3
- cpe:2.3:o:apple:tvos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <12.3
unspecified+ 2 more
- (no CPE)range: unspecified
- (no CPE)range: watchOS 5.2.1
- cpe:2.3:o:apple:watchos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <5.2.1
iOS 12.3+ 1 more
- (no CPE)range: iOS 12.3
- (no CPE)range: unspecified
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
4- support.apple.com/HT210118nvdVendor Advisory
- support.apple.com/HT210119nvdVendor Advisory
- support.apple.com/HT210120nvdVendor Advisory
- support.apple.com/HT210122nvdVendor Advisory
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