Description
A validation issue existed in the handling of symlinks. This issue was addressed with improved validation of symlinks. This issue is fixed in macOS Mojave 10.14.5. A local user may be able to load unsigned kernel extensions.
Published: 2019-12-18
Score: 7.0 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2019-17996 A validation issue existed in the handling of symlinks. This issue was addressed with improved validation of symlinks. This issue is fixed in macOS Mojave 10.14.5. A local user may be able to load unsigned kernel extensions.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: apple

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-04T21:24:28.853Z

Reserved: 2019-02-18T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2019-8606

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2019-12-18T18:15:28.910

Modified: 2024-11-21T04:50:09.690

Link: CVE-2019-8606

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