Critical severity · published Dec 18, 2019
CVE-2019-8617
An access issue was addressed with additional sandbox restrictions
9.6
CVSS
1.1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
An access issue was addressed with additional sandbox restrictions. This issue is fixed in iOS 12.3. A sandboxed process may be able to circumvent sandbox restrictions.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Changed
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.1% · higher than 66% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
IO
iOS · Apple
before 12.3 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-8617
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-8617
Vendor Advisory
https://support.apple.com/HT210118
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