VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2019-8772
An attacker may be able to exfiltrate the contents of an encrypted PDF.
HIGH 7.5EPSS 1.22%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.22%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
An issue existed in the handling of links in encrypted PDFs. This issue was addressed by adding a confirmation prompt. This issue is fixed in macOS Catalina 10.15. An attacker may be able to exfiltrate the contents of an encrypted PDF.
- 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
- 1.22% probability · 67th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- apple/mac os x
- Source
- product-security@apple.com
References
- https://support.apple.com/HT210634Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT210722Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/HT210634Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT210722Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.