CVE-2019-8855: Medium severity macos catalina vulnerability

Published Oct 7, 2019
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Updated

An access issue was addressed with additional sandbox restrictions. This issue is fixed in macOS Catalina 10.15. A malicious application may be able to access restricted files.

Other sources

Sandbox. An access issue was addressed with additional sandbox restrictions.

Credit

Apple

Affected Software

2 affected componentsFixes available
apple macOS Catalina<10.15
10.15
Apple iOS and macOS<10.15

Event History

Oct 27, 2020
CVE Published
via MITRE·08:09 PM
Data Sourced
via MITRE·08:09 PM
DescriptionWeakness

Parent advisories

This vulnerability appears in the following advisories.

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Frequently Asked Questions

1

What is the vulnerability ID for this issue?

CVE-2019-8855

2

What is the title of this vulnerability?

Sandbox. An access issue was addressed with additional sandbox restrictions.

3

How was this vulnerability addressed?

Additional sandbox restrictions were implemented.

4

Which version of macOS fixes this vulnerability?

macOS Catalina 10.15

5

What type of software is affected by this vulnerability?

macOS Catalina and older versions of Mac OS X.

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