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)

Published · last modified .

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.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.003 (21.6th percentile), scored .

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 22nd percentile — 21.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2019-7289: held from 0.003 to 0.003.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.003 · newest: 0.003 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

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.