Is CVE-2019-8772 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2019-8772 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2019-8772?

CVE-2019-8772 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.5 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2019-8772?

CVE-2019-8772 has an EPSS score of 1.22% (65th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2019-8772?

Upgrade mac os x to 10.15 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2019-8772

HIGH

7.5

CVSS v3

NVD

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.

How to fix

Remediation Available

mac os xNVD

Affected:< 10.15Fixed in:10.15CVE-2019-8772derived from NVD

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityNone

AvailabilityNone

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Exploit Intelligence

1.22%probability of exploitation in 30 days

65thpercentile

Moderate risk: more likely to be exploited than 65% of all known CVEs.

References

Vendor Advisory2

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2024-11-21.