Apple macOS up to 10.14.3 Driver privilege escalation

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Apple macOS up to 10.14.3. It has been declared as problematic. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component Driver Handler. Such manipulation leads to an unknown weakness. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2019-8564. There is not any exploit available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Apple macOS up to 10.14.3 (Operating System). It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this issue is some unknown processing of the component Driver Handler. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The weakness was released 10/28/2020 as HT209600. The advisory is shared for download at support.apple.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2019-8564. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 371712 (Apple macOS Mojave 10.14.4, Security Update 2019-002 High Sierra, Security Update 2019-002 Sierra Not Installed (APPLE-SA-2019-3-25-2)).

Upgrading to version 10.14.4 eliminates this vulnerability.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.5
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.4

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Privilege escalation
CWE: Unknown
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: macOS 10.14.4

Timelineinfo

02/18/2019 🔍
10/28/2020 +618 days 🔍
10/28/2020 +0 days 🔍
06/13/2024 +1323 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: HT209600
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2019-8564 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2019-8564
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-163736
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20180712

Entryinfo

Created: 10/28/2020 08:20
Updated: 06/13/2024 01:11
Changes: 10/28/2020 08:20 (39), 11/27/2020 21:51 (2), 11/27/2020 21:57 (18), 06/13/2024 01:11 (18)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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