CVE-2019-8642

CVSS V2 Medium 4.3 CVSS V3 Low 3.3

Description

An issue existed in the handling of S-MIME certificates. This issue was addressed with improved validation of S-MIME certificates. This issue is fixed in macOS Mojave 10.14.4, Security Update 2019-002 High Sierra, Security Update 2019-002 Sierra. Processing a maliciously crafted mail message may lead to S/MIME signature spoofing.

Overview

CVE ID
CVE-2019-8642

Assigner
product-security@apple.com

Vulnerability Status
Analyzed

Published Version
2020-10-27T20:15:16

Last Modified Date
2020-11-02T15:43:39

Weakness Enumerations

CWE	URL
CWE-295	http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/295.html

CPE Configuration (Product)

CPE	Vulnerable	Operator	Version Start	Version End
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x::::::::	1	OR		10.14.4

CVSS Version 2

Version
2.0

Vector String
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Access Vector
NETWORK

Access Compatibility
MEDIUM

Authentication
NONE

Confidentiality Impact
NONE

Integrity Impact
PARTIAL

Availability Impact
NONE

Base Score
4.3

Severity
MEDIUM

Exploitability Score
8.6

Impact Score
2.9

CVSS Version 3

Version
3.1

Vector String
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Attack Vector
LOCAL

Attack Compatibility
LOW

Privileges Required
NONE

User Interaction
REQUIRED

Scope
UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact
NONE

Availability Impact
NONE

Base Score
3.3

Base Severity
LOW

Exploitability Score
1.8

Impact Score
1.4

References

Reference URL	Reference Tags
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT209600	Vendor Advisory

Sources

Source Name	Source URL
NIST	https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-8642
MITRE	https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-8642

History

Created	Old Value	New Value	Data Type	Notes
2022-05-10 16:21:19				Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-05 01:03:45	2020-10-27T20:15Z	2020-10-27T20:15:16	CVE Published Date	updated
2022-12-05 01:03:45		2020-11-02T15:43:39	CVE Modified Date	updated
2022-12-05 01:03:45		Analyzed	Vulnerability Status	updated