PT-2020-20767 · Apple · Apple Macos

Published 2020-10-22 · Updated 2020-10-27 · CVE-2020-9796

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.0

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions macOS versions prior to 10.15.5

Description A race condition was addressed with improved state handling, which may have allowed an application to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges.

Recommendations For versions prior to 10.15.5, update to macOS Catalina 10.15.5 to resolve the issue.

Fix

Race Condition

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-362

Related Identifiers

CVE-2020-9796

Affected Products

Apple Macos

References · 3

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-9796 · Vendor Advisory
• https://support.apple.com/kb/HT211170 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-9796 · Security Note