CVE-2019-8620 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

A user privacy issue was addressed by removing the broadcast MAC address. This issue is fixed in iOS 12.3, tvOS 12.3, watchOS 5.2.1. A device may be passively tracked by its WiFi MAC address.

Published: 2019-12-18

Score: 7.5 High

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

Apple

iOS

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`unspecified`	affected	< iOS 12.3

Apple

tvOS

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`unspecified`	affected	< tvOS 12.3

Apple

watchOS

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`unspecified`	affected	< watchOS 5.2.1

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os::::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:apple:tvos::::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:apple:watchos::::::::

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No data available yet.

Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2019-18010	A user privacy issue was addressed by removing the broadcast MAC address. This issue is fixed in iOS 12.3, tvOS 12.3, watchOS 5.2.1. A device may be passively tracked by its WiFi MAC address.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00386.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://support.apple.com/HT210118
https://support.apple.com/HT210120
https://support.apple.com/HT210122

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Apple Iphone Os Tvos Watchos

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: apple

Published: 2019-12-18T17:33:18.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-04T21:24:28.216Z

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

Link: CVE-2019-8620

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2019-12-18T18:15:29.803

Modified: 2024-11-21T04:50:11.183

Link: CVE-2019-8620

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-200

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