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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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
Vulnrichment
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NVD
Status : Analyzed
Published: 2019-12-18T18:15:26.757
Modified: 2019-12-20T21:29:51.617
Link: CVE-2019-8568
Redhat
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