CVE-2020-14978
Due to incorrect client version verification, an attacker can connect to a privileged XPC service, and execute privileged commands on the system.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (3.14%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
An issue was discovered in F-Secure SAFE 17.7 on macOS. Due to incorrect client version verification, an attacker can connect to a privileged XPC service, and execute privileged commands on the system. NOTE: the attacker needs to execute code on an already compromised machine.
- CVSS 3.1
- 8.1 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 3.14% probability · 88th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- f-secure/safe
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 3.1% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- https://theevilbit.github.io/posts/Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.f-secure.com/en/business/programs/vulnerability-reward-program/hall-of-fameVendor Advisory
- https://www.f-secure.com/en/home/products/safeVendor Advisory
- https://theevilbit.github.io/posts/Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.f-secure.com/en/business/programs/vulnerability-reward-program/hall-of-fameVendor Advisory
- https://www.f-secure.com/en/home/products/safeVendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.