VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2020-9796
A race condition was addressed with improved state handling.
HIGH 7.0EPSS 0.23%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.23%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
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.
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.0 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.23% probability · 14th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-362
- Affected
- apple/mac os x
- Source
- product-security@apple.com
References
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT211170Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT211170Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.