Race Condition in User Preferences Handling

Race Condition in User Preferences Handling

CVE-2019-8757 · LOW Severity

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

A race condition existed when reading and writing user preferences. This was addressed with improved state handling. This issue is fixed in macOS Catalina 10.15. The "Share Mac Analytics" setting may not be disabled when a user deselects the switch to share analytics.

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