Apple macOS 10.14 User Preferences race condition

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Apple macOS 10.14. It has been classified as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component User Preferences. Performing a manipulation results in race condition. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2019-8757. The attack is only possible with local access. There is not any exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Apple macOS 10.14 (Operating System). This affects an unknown code block of the component User Preferences. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a race condition vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-362. The product contains a code sequence that can run concurrently with other code, and the code sequence requires temporary, exclusive access to a shared resource, but a timing window exists in which the shared resource can be modified by another code sequence that is operating concurrently. This is going to have an impact on integrity. The summary by CVE is:

A race condition existed when reading and writing user preferences. This was addressed with improved state handling. This issue is fixed in macOS Catalina 10.15. The "Share Mac Analytics" setting may not be disabled when a user deselects the switch to share analytics.

The weakness was released 12/18/2019. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2019-8757 since 02/18/2019. Attacking locally is a requirement. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

Upgrading to version 10.15 eliminates this vulnerability.

Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-147414, VDB-147412, VDB-147410 and VDB-147409. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Class: Race condition
CWE: CWE-362
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: macOS 10.15

Timelineinfo

02/18/2019 🔍
12/18/2019 +303 days 🔍
12/19/2019 +1 days 🔍
03/15/2024 +1548 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: support.apple.com
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2019-8757 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2019-8757
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-147411
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20180712
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Entryinfo

Created: 12/19/2019 09:22
Updated: 03/15/2024 09:11
Changes: 12/19/2019 09:22 (39), 12/19/2019 09:27 (18), 03/15/2024 09:11 (3)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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