PT-2020-20816 · Apple · Apple Macos

Alexander Holodny · Published 2020-10-16 · Updated 2020-10-20 · CVE-2020-9864

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

10

Critical

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions macOS versions prior to 10.15.6

Description A logic issue was addressed with improved restrictions, allowing an application to potentially execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges.

Recommendations For versions prior to 10.15.6, update to macOS Catalina 10.15.6 to resolve the issue.

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2020-9864

Affected Products

Apple Macos

References · 3

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-9864 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-9864 · Security Note
• https://support.apple.com/HT211289 · Vendor Advisory