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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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: apple

Published: 2019-12-18T17:33:19

Updated: 2024-08-04T21:24:28.356Z

Reserved: 2019-02-18T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2019-8568

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2019-12-18T18:15:26.757

Modified: 2019-12-20T21:29:51.617

Link: CVE-2019-8568

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