PT-2020-20757 · Apple · Apple Macos

Allison Husain · Published 2020-10-27 · Updated 2020-11-04 · CVE-2020-9782

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.5

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions macOS versions prior to 10.15.2 Security Update 2019-002 Mojave versions prior to the update Security Update 2019-007 High Sierra versions prior to the update

Description A parsing issue in the handling of directory paths was addressed with improved path validation. A remote attacker may be able to overwrite existing files.

Recommendations For macOS versions prior to 10.15.2, update to macOS Catalina 10.15.2. For Security Update 2019-002 Mojave, apply the security update. For Security Update 2019-007 High Sierra, apply the security update.

Fix

Path traversal

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-22

Related Identifiers

CVE-2020-9782

Affected Products

Apple Macos

References · 4

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-9782 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-9782 · Security Note
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT210788 · Vendor Advisory
• https://t.me/cibsecurity/15667 · Telegram Post