Apple macOS up to 10.15.0 File Quarantine privileges management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as critical has been reported in Apple macOS up to 10.15.0. This affects an unknown function of the component File Quarantine. Performing a manipulation results in privileges management. This vulnerability was named CVE-2019-8509. The attack needs to be approached locally. There is no available exploit. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Apple macOS up to 10.15.0 (Operating System). This affects an unknown code of the component File Quarantine. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-269. The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The weakness was presented 10/29/2019 by CodeColorist as HT210722 as confirmed advisory (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at support.apple.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2019-8509. Attacking locally is a requirement. A authentication is needed for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1068 according to MITRE ATT&CK. The advisory points out:

This issue was addressed by removing the vulnerable code.

Upgrading to version 10.15.1 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

See VDB-144590, VDB-144591, VDB-144592 and VDB-144593 for similar entries. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Class: Privileges management
CWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: Yes

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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: macOS 10.15.1

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02/18/2019 🔍
10/29/2019 +253 days 🔍
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10/31/2019 +2 days 🔍
01/31/2024 +1553 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: HT210722
Researcher: CodeColorist
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2019-8509 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2019-8509
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-144603
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20180712
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Entryinfo

Created: 10/31/2019 08:36
Updated: 01/31/2024 14:07
Changes: 10/31/2019 08:36 (46), 10/31/2019 08:41 (2), 01/31/2024 14:05 (3), 01/31/2024 14:07 (18)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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