CVE-2019-8805

HIGH

macOS Catalina <10.15.1 - Privilege Escalation

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

A validation issue existed in the entitlement verification. This issue was addressed with improved validation of the process entitlement. This issue is fixed in macOS Catalina 10.15.1. An application may be able to execute arbitrary code with system privileges.

Exploits (1)

nomisec WORKING POC 1 stars
by securelayer7 · poc
https://github.com/securelayer7/CVE-2019-8805

References (1)

Core 1
Core References
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://support.apple.com/HT210722

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8
EPSS 0.1346
EPSS Percentile 94.2%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

Status published
Products (1)
apple/mac_os_x < 10.15.1
Published Dec 18, 2019
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026