This issue was addressed by removing additional entitlements.

published 2020-10-27 6y ago modified 2026-06-17 4mo ago also EUVD-2018-16254

cvss: 5.5; version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.7%; EPSS 0.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 53%
public exploits: 0; none known

This issue was addressed by removing additional entitlements. This issue is fixed in macOS Mojave 10.14.1, Security Update 2018-002 High Sierra, Security Update 2018-005 Sierra. A malicious application may be able to access restricted files.

Patch / fix

fixed in 1

Apple macOS 10.14

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Exploit prediction

0.69% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 53% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
NVD	3.1	5.5	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
NVD	2.0	4.3	AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Affected products

Apple macOS

References

support.apple.com /en-us/HT209193
vendor-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2018-4468
NVD CVE-2018-4468

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