What is CVE-2019-7289?

CVE-2019-7289 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Apple Shortcuts, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2019-12-18.

How severe is CVE-2019-7289?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

Is CVE-2019-7289 known to be exploited?

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

Path Traversal in Apple Shortcuts

CVE-2019-7289

A parsing issue in the handling of directory paths was addressed with improved path validation. This issue is fixed in Shortcuts 2.1.3 for iOS. A local user may be able to view senstive user information.

Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)

EPSS: 0.003 (22.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Apple Shortcuts — versions unspecified

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-22 — Path Traversal

Public proof-of-concept exploits

userlandkernel/plataoplomo

References

product-security@apple.com (x_refsource_MISC, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-7289?: CVE-2019-7289 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Apple Shortcuts, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2019-12-18.
How severe is CVE-2019-7289?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2019-7289 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.