SOC status:Duty analyst on shift

UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2019-8789

Parsing a maliciously crafted iBooks file may lead to disclosure of user information.

MEDIUM 5.5EPSS 1.31%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.31%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

Description

A validation issue existed in the handling of symlinks. This issue was addressed with improved validation of symlinks. This issue is fixed in iOS 13.2 and iPadOS 13.2, macOS Catalina 10.15.1. Parsing a maliciously crafted iBooks file may lead to disclosure of user information.

CVSS 3.1
5.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
EPSS
1.31% probability · 69th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-59
Affected
apple/ipados · apple/iphone os · apple/mac os x
Source
product-security@apple.com

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.