A lock screen issue allowed access to contacts on a locked device.

published 2020-10-27 6y ago modified 2026-06-17 4mo ago also EUVD-2019-18167

cvss: 2.4; version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.3%; EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 25%
public exploits: 0; none known

A lock screen issue allowed access to contacts on a locked device. This issue was addressed with improved state management. This issue is fixed in macOS Mojave 10.14.4, Security Update 2019-002 High Sierra, Security Update 2019-002 Sierra. A local attacker may be able to view contacts from the lock screen.

Patch / fix

fixed in 1

Apple macOS 10.14

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Exploit prediction

0.32% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 25% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
NVD	3.1	2.4	CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
NVD	2.0	2.1	AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Affected products

Apple macOS

Classification

Weakness

CWE-276 Incorrect Default Permissions

References

support.apple.com /en-us/HT209600
release-notes, vendor-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2019-8777
NVD CVE-2019-8777

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