CVSS Meta Temp Score | Current Exploit Price (≈) | CTI Interest Score |
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6.3 | $0-$5k | 0.00 |
A vulnerability was found in Apple macOS up to 10.14.3 (Operating System). It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component Validation Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a symlink vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-61. The product, when opening a file or directory, does not sufficiently account for when the file is a symbolic link that resolves to a target outside of the intended control sphere. This could allow an attacker to cause the product to operate on unauthorized files. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
The weakness was presented 10/28/2020 as HT209600. The advisory is available at support.apple.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2019-6238. The exploitation is known to be easy. Local access is required to approach this attack. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available.
Upgrading to version 10.14.4 eliminates this vulnerability.
See VDB-132374, VDB-132375, VDB-132376 and VDB-132377 for similar entries.
Product
Type
Vendor
Name
Version
License
CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
CVSSv4
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CVSSv3
VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.5VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.4
VulDB Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Temp Score: 5.1
VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍
NVD Base Score: 7.8
NVD Vector: 🔍
CVSSv2
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Exploiting
Class: SymlinkCWE: CWE-61 / CWE-59
CAPEC: 🔍
ATT&CK: 🔍
Local: Yes
Remote: No
Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined
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Threat Intelligence
Interest: 🔍Active Actors: 🔍
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Countermeasures
Recommended: UpgradeStatus: 🔍
0-Day Time: 🔍
Upgrade: macOS 10.14.4
Timeline
01/11/2019 🔍10/28/2020 🔍
10/28/2020 🔍
11/27/2020 🔍
Sources
Vendor: apple.comAdvisory: HT209600
Status: Confirmed
CVE: CVE-2019-6238 (🔍)
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20180712
See also: 🔍
Entry
Created: 10/28/2020 07:51Updated: 11/27/2020 19:05
Changes: 10/28/2020 07:51 (41), 11/27/2020 19:01 (2), 11/27/2020 19:05 (18)
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