What is CVE-2019-8342?

CVE-2019-8342 is a high-severity vulnerability in Apple Macos, classified under Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2019-05-13.

How severe is CVE-2019-8342?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Apple Macos

CVE-2019-8342

A Local Privilege Escalation in libqcocoa.dylib in Foxit Reader 3.1.0.0111 on macOS has been discovered due to an incorrect permission set.

EPSS: 0.005 (42.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Apple Macos
Foxitsoftware Foxit_reader — versions 3.1.0.0111
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-732 — Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-8342?: CVE-2019-8342 is a high-severity vulnerability in Apple Macos, classified under Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2019-05-13.
How severe is CVE-2019-8342?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.