CVE-2019-13013 Privilege escalation in Little Snitch
A local attacker can exploit the privileged helper tool's XPC interface to list directories and copy files as root, leading to privilege escalation.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2019-13013?
CVE-2019-13013 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Little Snitch, published on 23 Aug 2019. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Little Snitch versions 4.3.0 to 4.3.2 have a local privilege escalation vulnerability in their privileged helper tool. The privileged helper tool implements an XPC interface which is available to any process and allows directory listings and copying files as root.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-13013?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Obdev Little Snitch.
How do I fix CVE-2019-13013?
No fix has been published for CVE-2019-13013 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2019-13013 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-13013 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Little Snitch
Sources
Also known as GHSA-rwrf-wv59-rjfv.