CVE-2019-8532 — A permissions issue was addressed by removing vulnerable code and adding additional checks

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MEDIUM

A permissions issue was addressed by removing vulnerable code and adding additional checks

Published Oct 27, 2020

5.5

MEDIUM

CVSS 3.1

EPSS 0.69%

Description

A permissions issue was addressed by removing vulnerable code and adding additional checks. This issue is fixed in watchOS 5.2, iOS 12.2. A malicious application may be able to access restricted files.

Affected products

Vendor Apple Product iOS Default
n/a
- Version
  unspecified
  Status
  affected
  Constraints
  <12.2
Vendor Apple Product watchOS Default
n/a
- Version
  unspecified
  Status
  affected
  Constraints
  <5.2

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor

Product

Default status

Versions

Apple

iOS

n/a

Version	Status	Constraints
unspecified	affected	<12.2

Apple

watchOS

n/a

Version	Status	Constraints
unspecified	affected	<5.2

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

0.69% 0.00691

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 2, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.00691

Score over time

2021–2026

EPSS v1
EPSS v5
EPSS v2
EPSS v3

Percentile over time

EPSS v1
EPSS v5
EPSS v2
EPSS v3

Table of values (10 key points)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 2, 2026	0.69% (0.00691)	51.14th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Sep 20, 2026	0.69% (0.00691)	51.39th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jul 20, 2024	0.07% (0.00069)	30.67th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Jul 10, 2024	0.07% (0.00069)	30.54th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Sep 3, 2023	0.07% (0.00069)	28.52th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.06% (0.00064)	26.01th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	0.89% (0.00885)	27.89th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	0.89% (0.00885)	10.50th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 3, 2022	0.09% (0.00092)	0.27th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Apr 14, 2021	0.09% (0.00092)	0.00th	v1

Weaknesses (0)

No CWE recorded.

References (2)

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT209599
x_refsource_MISCVendor Advisory
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT209602
x_refsource_MISCVendor Advisory

Link	Providers	Tags
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT209599		x_refsource_MISCVendor Advisory
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT209602		x_refsource_MISCVendor Advisory

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner apple

Published Oct 27, 2020

Updated Aug 4, 2024

Reserved Feb 18, 2019

Link CVE-2019-8532

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 17, 2026

Link CVE-2019-8532

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2019-8532