VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2019-8620
A user privacy issue was addressed by removing the broadcast MAC address.
HIGH 7.5EPSS 1.51%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.51%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
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.
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- EPSS
- 1.51% probability · 73th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-200
- Affected
- apple/iphone os · apple/tvos · apple/watchos
- Source
- product-security@apple.com
References
- https://support.apple.com/HT210118Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/HT210120Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/HT210122Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/HT210118Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/HT210120Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/HT210122Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.