A validation issue existed in the handling of symlinks. This issue was addressed with improved validation of symlinks. This issue is fixed in macOS Catalina 10.15.3. A malicious application may be able to access restricted files.
Source: MITRE
Published: 2020-02-27
Updated: 2020-03-03
Type: CWE-59
Base Score: 3.6
Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
Impact Score: 4.9
Exploitability Score: 3.9
Severity: LOW
Base Score: 4.4
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
Impact Score: 2.5
Exploitability Score: 1.8
Severity: MEDIUM