CVE-2019-8805

HIGH

macOS Catalina <10.15.1 - Privilege Escalation

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2019-8805. PoCs published by securelayer7.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This repository contains a proof-of-concept exploit for CVE-2019-8805, a privilege escalation vulnerability in Apple's EndpointSecurity framework. The exploit leverages a validation issue in entitlement verification to execute arbitrary code with system privileges on macOS versions prior to Catalina 10.15.1.

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

This repository contains a proof-of-concept exploit for CVE-2019-8805, a privilege escalation vulnerability in Apple's EndpointSecurity framework. The exploit leverages a validation issue in entitlement verification to execute arbitrary code with system privileges on macOS versions prior to Catalina 10.15.1.

Classification
Working Poc 90%
Attack Type
Lpe
Complexity
Moderate
Reliability
Reliable
Target: Apple EndpointSecurity framework on macOS < 10.15.1
No auth needed
Prerequisites: macOS version prior to 10.15.1 · compiler with Foundation framework support
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

References (1)

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

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8
EPSS 0.0257
EPSS Percentile 83.2%
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