CVE-2020-9817 - Incorrect Default Permissions

Severity

78%

Complexity

18%

Confidentiality

98%

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.

CVSS 3.1 Base Score 7.8. CVSS Attack Vector: local. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H).

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 9.3. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: medium. CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C).

Overview

First reported 4 years ago

2020-06-09 17:15:00

Last updated 4 years ago

2020-06-11 18:40:00

Affected Software

Apple Mac OS X

References

https://support.apple.com/HT211170

https://support.apple.com/HT211170

Release Notes, Vendor Advisory

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