What is CVE-2019-14220?

CVE-2019-14220 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Apple macOS, classified under Improper Privilege Management. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2019-09-24.

How severe is CVE-2019-14220?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Is CVE-2019-14220 known to be exploited?

5 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Privilege escalation in Apple macOS

CVE-2019-14220

An issue was discovered in BlueStacks 4.110 and below on macOS and on 4.120 and below on Windows. BlueStacks employs Android running in a virtual machine (VM) to enable Android apps to run on Windows or MacOS. Bug is in a local arbitrary file read through a system service call. The impacted method runs with System admin privilege and if given the file name as parameter returns you the content of file. A malicious app using the affected method can then read the content of any system file which it is not authorized to read

Vulnerability class: Privilege Escalation

EPSS: 0.009 (56.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-269 — Improper Privilege Management

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_MISC, Release Notes, Vendor Advisory)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Patch, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-14220?: CVE-2019-14220 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Apple macOS, classified under Improper Privilege Management. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2019-09-24.
How severe is CVE-2019-14220?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2019-14220 known to be exploited?: 5 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.