CVE-2020-9817

moderate-risk

Published 2020-06-09

A permissions issue existed. This issue was addressed with improved permission validation. This issue is fixed in macOS Catalina 10.15.5. A malicious application may be able to gain root privileges.

Do I need to act?

0.11% chance of exploitation

EPSS score — low exploit probability

Not on CISA KEV list

No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA

Patch status unknown

Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance

CVSS 7.8/10 High

LOCAL / LOW complexity

Affected Products (20)

Mac Os X

Affected Vendors

Apple

References (4)

Release Notes https://support.apple.com/HT211170

Third Party Advisory https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-a...

Release Notes https://support.apple.com/HT211170

Third Party Advisory https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-a...

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moderate-risk

Severity 24/34 · High

Exploitability 0/34 · Minimal

Exposure 20/34 · Moderate