CVE-2019-8606

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CVSS 3.1

7.0 high

EPSS

<1%p10

Published

Dec 18, 2019 (Dec 18, 2019)

Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Description

A validation issue existed in the handling of symlinks. This issue was addressed with improved validation of symlinks. This issue is fixed in macOS Mojave 10.14.5. A local user may be able to load unsigned kernel extensions.

Vendors: apple
Products: mac os x
Weakness: CWE-362
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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