CVE-2019-8703 is a critical privilege escalation vulnerability affecting Apple's iOS, macOS, tvOS, and watchOS. With a CVSS score of 9.8, it allows an unauthenticated attacker to gain elevated privileges remotely with low attack complexity, leading to full compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there is no known active exploitation or public exploit code, the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion, indicating awareness and potential for future exploitation. This issue was addressed by Apple with improved entitlements in watchOS 6, tvOS 13, macOS Catalina 10.15, and iOS 13.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 13.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 10.15CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
<= 13.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:apple:tvos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 6.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:apple:watchos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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