CVE-2019-8772

HIGH

macOS Catalina <10.15 - Info Disclosure

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

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.

References (2)

Core 2
Core References
Release Notes, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT210722
Release Notes, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://support.apple.com/HT210634

Scores

CVSS v3 7.5
EPSS 0.0122
EPSS Percentile 65.5%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Details

Status published
Products (1)
apple/mac_os_x < 10.15
Published Dec 18, 2019
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026