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OS X update for PluginKit (CVE-2019-8715)

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OS X update for PluginKit (CVE-2019-8715)

Severity
9
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
11/06/2019
Created
11/07/2019
Added
11/06/2019
Modified
12/06/2022

Description

A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved memory handling. This issue is fixed in macOS Catalina 10.15.1, Security Update 2019-001, and Security Update 2019-006, macOS Catalina 10.15, iOS 13. An application may be able to execute arbitrary code with system privileges.

Solution(s)

  • apple-osx-security-update-2019-001-mojave
  • apple-osx-security-update-2019-006-high-sierra
  • apple-osx-upgrade-10_15

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