Vulnerability · Published Jun 9, 2020 · Assigned by apple
CVE-2020-9851
Medium 5.5
In plain English
A medium-severity security flaw in macOS from Apple. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.6% (higher than 49% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS NVD)5.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.6%top 50.9% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
An access issue was addressed with improved access restrictions. This issue is fixed in macOS Catalina 10.15.5. A malicious application may be able to modify protected parts of the file system.
Affected products (as reported)
References
- https://support.apple.com/HT211170 x_refsource_MISC