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    About the security content of macOS Catalina 10.15.1, Security Update 2019-001, and Security Update 2019-006

    This document describes the security content of macOS Catalina 10.15.1, Security Update 2019-001, and Security Update 2019-006.

    About Apple security updates

    For our customers' protection, Apple doesn't disclose, discuss, or confirm security issues until an investigation has occurred and patches or releases are available. Recent releases are listed on the Apple security updates page.

    Apple security documents reference vulnerabilities by CVE-ID when possible.

    For more information about security, see the Apple Product Security page.

    macOS Catalina 10.15.1, Security Update 2019-001, Security Update 2019-006

    Released October 29, 2019

    Accounts

    Available for: macOS Mojave 10.14.6, macOS High Sierra 10.13.6, macOS Catalina 10.15

    Impact: A remote attacker may be able to leak memory

    Description: An out-of-bounds read was addressed with improved input validation.

    CVE-2019-8787: Steffen Klee of Secure Mobile Networking Lab at Technische Universität Darmstadt

    Entry updated February 11, 2020

    Accounts

    Available for: macOS Mojave 10.14.6, macOS High Sierra 10.13.6

    Impact: AirDrop transfers may be unexpectedly accepted while in Everyone mode

    Description: A logic issue was addressed with improved validation.

    CVE-2019-8796: Allison Husain of UC Berkeley

    Entry added April 4, 2020

    AirDrop

    Available for: macOS Catalina 10.15

    Impact: AirDrop transfers may be unexpectedly accepted while in Everyone mode

    Description: A logic issue was addressed with improved validation.

    CVE-2019-8796: Allison Husain of UC Berkeley

    Entry added April 4, 2020

    AMD

    Available for: macOS Mojave 10.14.6, macOS High Sierra 10.13.6

    Impact: An application may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges

    Description: A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved memory handling.

    CVE-2019-8748: Lilang Wu and Moony Li of TrendMicro Mobile Security Research Team

    Entry added February 11, 2020

    apache_mod_php

    Available for: macOS Mojave 10.14.6, macOS High Sierra 10.13.6

    Impact: Multiple issues in PHP

    Description: Multiple issues were addressed by updating to PHP version 7.3.8.

    CVE-2019-11041

    CVE-2019-11042

    Entry added February 11, 2020

    APFS

    Available for: macOS Mojave 10.14.6, macOS High Sierra 10.13.6, macOS Catalina 10.15

    Impact: An application may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges

    Description: A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved state management.

    CVE-2019-8824: Mac working with Trend Micro's Zero Day Initiative

    Entry added February 11, 2020

    App Store

    Available for: macOS Catalina 10.15

    Impact: A local attacker may be able to login to the account of a previously logged in user without valid credentials.

    Description: An authentication issue was addressed with improved state management.

    CVE-2019-8803: Kiyeon An, 차민규 (CHA Minkyu)

    AppleGraphicsControl

    Available for: macOS Catalina 10.15

    Impact: An application may be able to read restricted memory

    Description: A validation issue was addressed with improved input sanitization.

    CVE-2019-8817: Arash Tohidi

    AppleGraphicsControl

    Available for: macOS High Sierra 10.13.6, macOS Mojave 10.14.6

    Impact: An application may be able to execute arbitrary code with system privileges

    Description: A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved memory handling.

    CVE-2019-8716: Zhiyi Zhang of Codesafe Team of Legendsec at Qi'anxin Group, Zhuo Liang of Qihoo 360 Vulcan Team

    Associated Domains

    Available for: macOS Catalina 10.15

    Impact: Improper URL processing may lead to data exfiltration

    Description: An issue existed in the parsing of URLs. This issue was addressed with improved input validation.

    CVE-2019-8788: Juha Lindstedt of Pakastin, Mirko Tanania, Rauli Rikama of Zero Keyboard Ltd

    Audio

    Available for: macOS High Sierra 10.13.6, macOS Mojave 10.14.6

    Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted audio file may lead to arbitrary code execution

    Description: A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved state management.

    CVE-2019-8706: Yu Zhou of Ant-financial Light-Year Security Lab

    Audio

    Available for: macOS Mojave 10.14.6, macOS High Sierra 10.13.6, macOS Catalina 10.15

    Impact: An application may be able to execute arbitrary code with system privileges

    Description: A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved memory handling.

    CVE-2019-8785: Ian Beer of Google Project Zero

    CVE-2019-8797: 08Tc3wBB working with SSD Secure Disclosure

    Entry updated February 11, 2020

    Audio

    Available for: macOS Mojave 10.14.6, macOS High Sierra 10.13.6

    Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted audio file may disclose restricted memory

    Description: An out-of-bounds read was addressed with improved input validation.

    CVE-2019-8850: Anonymous working with Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative

    Entry updated December 18, 2019

    Books

    Available for: macOS Catalina 10.15

    Impact: Parsing a maliciously crafted iBooks file may lead to disclosure of user information

    Description: A validation issue existed in the handling of symlinks. This issue was addressed with improved validation of symlinks.

    CVE-2019-8789: Gertjan Franken of imec-DistriNet, KU Leuven

    Contacts

    Available for: macOS Catalina 10.15

    Impact: Processing a maliciously contact may lead to UI spoofing

    Description: An inconsistent user interface issue was addressed with improved state management.

    CVE-2017-7152: Oliver Paukstadt of Thinking Objects GmbH (to.com)

    CoreAudio

    Available for: macOS Mojave 10.14.6, macOS High Sierra 10.13.6

    Impact: Playing a malicious audio file may lead to arbitrary code execution

    Description: A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved input validation.

    CVE-2019-8592: riusksk of VulWar Corp working with Trend Micro's Zero Day Initiative

    Entry added November 6, 2019

    CoreAudio

    Available for: macOS Mojave 10.14.6, macOS High Sierra 10.13.6

    Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted movie may result in the disclosure of process memory

    Description: A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved validation.

    CVE-2019-8705: riusksk of VulWar Corp working with Trend Micro's Zero Day Initiative

    Entry added February 11, 2020

    CoreMedia

    Available for: macOS Mojave 10.14.6, macOS High Sierra 10.13.6

    Impact: Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to arbitrary code execution

    Description: A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved state management.

    CVE-2019-8825: Found by GWP-ASan in Google Chrome

    Entry added February 11, 2020

    CUPS

    Available for: macOS High Sierra 10.13.6, macOS Mojave 10.14.6

    Impact: An attacker in a privileged network position may be able to leak sensitive user information

    Description: An input validation issue was addressed with improved input validation.

    CVE-2019-8736: Pawel Gocyla of ING Tech Poland (ingtechpoland.com)

    CUPS

    Available for: macOS High Sierra 10.13.6, macOS Mojave 10.14.6

    Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted string may lead to heap corruption

    Description: A memory consumption issue was addressed with improved memory handling.

    CVE-2019-8767: Stephen Zeisberg

    CUPS

    Available for: macOS High Sierra 10.13.6, macOS Mojave 10.14.6

    Impact: An attacker in a privileged position may be able to perform a denial of service attack

    Description: A denial of service issue was addressed with improved validation.

    CVE-2019-8737: Pawel Gocyla of ING Tech Poland (ingtechpoland.com)

    File Quarantine

    Available for: macOS High Sierra 10.13.6, macOS Mojave 10.14.6

    Impact: A malicious application may be able to elevate privileges

    Description: This issue was addressed by removing the vulnerable code.

    CVE-2019-8509: CodeColorist of Ant-Financial LightYear Labs

    File System Events

    Available for: macOS High Sierra 10.13.6, macOS Catalina 10.15

    Impact: An application may be able to execute arbitrary code with system privileges

    Description: A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved memory handling.

    CVE-2019-8798: ABC Research s.r.o. working with Trend Micro's Zero Day Initiative

    Foundation

    Available for: macOS Mojave 10.14.6, macOS High Sierra 10.13.6

    Impact: A remote attacker may be able to cause unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution

    Description: An out-of-bounds read was addressed with improved input validation.

    CVE-2019-8746: natashenka and Samuel Groß of Google Project Zero

    Entry added February 11, 2020

    Graphics

    Available for: macOS High Sierra 10.13.6, macOS Mojave 10.14.6

    Impact: Processing a malicious shader may result in unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution

    Description: Multiple memory corruption issues were addressed with improved input validation.

    CVE-2018-12152: Piotr Bania of Cisco Talos

    CVE-2018-12153: Piotr Bania of Cisco Talos

    CVE-2018-12154: Piotr Bania of Cisco Talos

    Graphics Driver

    Available for: macOS Catalina 10.15

    Impact: An application may be able to execute arbitrary code with system privileges

    Description: A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved memory handling.

    CVE-2019-8784: Vasiliy Vasilyev and Ilya Finogeev of Webinar, LLC

    Intel Graphics Driver

    Available for: macOS Catalina 10.15

    Impact: An application may be able to execute arbitrary code with system privileges

    Description: A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved memory handling.

    CVE-2019-8807: Yu Wang of Didi Research America

    IOGraphics

    Available for: macOS High Sierra 10.13.6, macOS Mojave 10.14.6

    Impact: A local user may be able to cause unexpected system termination or read kernel memory

    Description: An out-of-bounds read was addressed with improved bounds checking.

    CVE-2019-8759: another of 360 Nirvan Team

    iTunes

    Available for: macOS Catalina 10.15

    Impact: Running the iTunes installer in an untrusted directory may result in arbitrary code execution

    Description: A dynamic library loading issue existed in iTunes setup. This was addressed with improved path searching.

    CVE-2019-8801: Hou JingYi (@hjy79425575) of Qihoo 360 CERT

    Kernel

    Available for: macOS Mojave 10.14.6, macOS High Sierra 10.13.6

    Impact: An application may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges

    Description: A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved state management.

    CVE-2019-8709: derrek (@derrekr6) derrek (@derrekr6)

    Entry added February 11, 2020

    Kernel

    Available for: macOS Catalina 10.15

    Impact: An application may be able to read restricted memory

    Description: A validation issue was addressed with improved input sanitization.

    CVE-2019-8794: 08Tc3wBB working with SSD Secure Disclosure

    Kernel

    Available for: macOS Mojave 10.14.6, macOS High Sierra 10.13.6, macOS Catalina 10.15

    Impact: An application may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges

    Description: A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved memory handling.

    CVE-2019-8717: Jann Horn of Google Project Zero

    CVE-2019-8786: Wen Xu of Georgia Tech, Microsoft Offensive Security Research Intern

    Entry updated November 18, 2019, updated February 11, 2020

    Kernel

    Available for: macOS High Sierra 10.13.6, macOS Mojave 10.14.6

    Impact: A malicious application may be able to determine kernel memory layout

    Description: A memory corruption issue existed in the handling of IPv6 packets. This issue was addressed with improved memory management.

    CVE-2019-8744: Zhuo Liang of Qihoo 360 Vulcan Team

    Kernel

    Available for: macOS Catalina 10.15

    Impact: An application may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges

    Description: A memory corruption vulnerability was addressed with improved locking.

    CVE-2019-8829: Jann Horn of Google Project Zero

    Entry added November 6, 2019

    libxml2

    Available for: macOS High Sierra 10.13.6, macOS Mojave 10.14.6

    Impact: Multiple issues in libxml2

    Description: Multiple memory corruption issues were addressed with improved input validation.

    CVE-2019-8749: found by OSS-Fuzz

    CVE-2019-8756: found by OSS-Fuzz

    libxslt

    Available for: macOS High Sierra 10.13.6, macOS Mojave 10.14.6

    Impact: Multiple issues in libxslt

    Description: Multiple memory corruption issues were addressed with improved input validation.

    CVE-2019-8750: found by OSS-Fuzz

    manpages

    Available for: macOS High Sierra 10.13.6, macOS Catalina 10.15

    Impact: A malicious application may be able to gain root privileges

    Description: A validation issue was addressed with improved logic.

    CVE-2019-8802: Csaba Fitzl (@theevilbit)

    PDFKit

    Available for: macOS Mojave 10.14.6, macOS High Sierra 10.13.6

    Impact: An attacker may be able to exfiltrate the contents of an encrypted PDF

    Description: An issue existed in the handling of links in encrypted PDFs. This issue was addressed by adding a confirmation prompt.

    CVE-2019-8772: Jens Müller of Ruhr University Bochum, Fabian Ising of FH Münster University of Applied Sciences, Vladislav Mladenov of Ruhr University Bochum, Christian Mainka of Ruhr University Bochum, Sebastian Schinzel of FH Münster University of Applied Sciences, and Jörg Schwenk of Ruhr University Bochum

    Entry added February 11, 2020

    PluginKit

    Available for: macOS High Sierra 10.13.6, macOS Mojave 10.14.6

    Impact: A local user may be able to check for the existence of arbitrary files

    Description: A logic issue was addressed with improved restrictions.

    CVE-2019-8708: an anonymous researcher

    PluginKit

    Available for: macOS High Sierra 10.13.6, macOS Mojave 10.14.6

    Impact: An application may be able to execute arbitrary code with system privileges

    Description: A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved memory handling.

    CVE-2019-8715: an anonymous researcher

    Screen Sharing Server

    Available for: macOS Catalina 10.15

    Impact: A user who shares their screen may not be able to end screen sharing

    Description: A logic issue was addressed with improved state management.

    CVE-2019-8858: Saul van der Bijl of Saul’s Place Counseling B.V.

    Entry added December 18, 2019

    System Extensions

    Available for: macOS Catalina 10.15

    Impact: An application may be able to execute arbitrary code with system privileges

    Description: A validation issue existed in the entitlement verification. This issue was addressed with improved validation of the process entitlement.

    CVE-2019-8805: Scott Knight (@sdotknight) of VMware Carbon Black TAU

    UIFoundation

    Available for: macOS Catalina 10.15

    Impact: A malicious HTML document may be able to render iframes with sensitive user information

    Description: A cross-origin issue existed with "iframe" elements. This was addressed with improved tracking of security origins.

    CVE-2019-8754: Renee Trisberg of SpectX

    Entry added February 24, 2020

    UIFoundation

    Available for: macOS Mojave 10.14.6, macOS High Sierra 10.13.6

    Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted text file may lead to arbitrary code execution

    Description: A buffer overflow was addressed with improved bounds checking.

    CVE-2019-8745: riusksk of VulWar Corp working with Trend Micro's Zero Day Initiative

    Entry added February 11, 2020

    UIFoundation

    Available for: macOS Mojave 10.14.6, macOS High Sierra 10.13.6

    Impact: An application may be able to execute arbitrary code with system privileges

    Description: A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved memory handling.

    CVE-2019-8831: riusksk of VulWar Corp working with Trend Micro's Zero Day Initiative

    Entry added February 11, 2020

    UIFoundation

    Available for: macOS Mojave 10.14.6, macOS High Sierra 10.13.6

    Impact: Parsing a maliciously crafted text file may lead to disclosure of user information

    Description: This issue was addressed with improved checks.

    CVE-2019-8761: Renee Trisberg of SpectX

    Entry updated August 10, 2020, updated July 21, 2021

    Wi-Fi

    Available for: macOS Catalina 10.15

    Impact: An attacker in Wi-Fi range may be able to view a small amount of network traffic

    Description: A logic issue existed in the handling of state transitions. This was addressed with improved state management.

    CVE-2019-15126: Milos Cermak at ESET

    Entry added February 11, 2020

    Additional recognition

    CFNetwork

    We would like to acknowledge Lily Chen of Google for their assistance.

    Find My

    We would like to acknowledge Amr Elseehy for their assistance.

    Entry added July 28, 2020

    Kernel

    We would like to acknowledge Brandon Azad of Google Project Zero, Daniel Roethlisberger of Swisscom CSIRT, Jann Horn of Google Project Zero for their assistance.

    Entry updated November 6, 2019

    libresolv

    We would like to acknowledge enh at Google for their assistance.

    Local Authentication

    We would like to acknowledge Ryan Lopopolo for their assistance.

    Entry added February 11, 2020

    mDNSResponder

    We would like to acknowledge Gregor Lang of e.solutions GmbH for their assistance.

    Entry added February 11, 2020

    Postfix

    We would like to acknowledge Chris Barker of Puppet for their assistance.

    python

    We would like to acknowledge an anonymous researcher for their assistance.

    VPN

    We would like to acknowledge Royce Gawron of Second Son Consulting, Inc. for their assistance.

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