PT-2020-20808 · Apple · Apple Macos

Ck01 + 1 · Published 2020-06-09 · Updated 2020-06-11 · CVE-2020-9855

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.8

High

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/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 validation issue existed in the handling of symlinks, which could allow a local attacker to elevate their privileges. This issue was addressed with improved validation of symlinks.

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

Fix

RCE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-20

Related Identifiers

CVE-2020-9855

Affected Products

Apple Macos

References · 3

• https://support.apple.com/HT211170 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-9855 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-9855 · Vendor Advisory