CVE-2020-9796 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

A race condition was addressed with improved state handling. This issue is fixed in macOS Catalina 10.15.5. An application may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges.

Published: 2020-10-22

Score: 7.0 High

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

Apple

macOS

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`unspecified`	affected	< macOS Catalina 10.15.5

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2020-30575	A race condition was addressed with improved state handling. This issue is fixed in macOS Catalina 10.15.5. An application may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity High

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00036.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT211170

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Apple Mac Os X

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: apple

Published: 2020-10-22T17:52:53.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-04T10:43:05.127Z

Reserved: 2020-03-02T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2020-9796

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2020-10-22T18:15:13.597

Modified: 2024-11-21T05:41:18.127

Link: CVE-2020-9796

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-362

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