Vulnerability · Published Oct 27, 2020 · Assigned by apple
CVE-2020-9941
High 7.5
In plain English
A high-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 2.6% (higher than 85% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS NVD)7.5High
Exploit odds (30 days)2.6%top 14.8% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
This issue was addressed with improved checks. This issue is fixed in macOS Catalina 10.15.7, Security Update 2020-005 High Sierra, Security Update 2020-005 Mojave. A remote attacker may be able to unexpectedly alter application state.
Affected products (as reported)
References
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT211850 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT211844 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT211849 x_refsource_MISC
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT211931 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- 20201115 APPLE-SA-2020-11-13-3 Additional information for APPLE-SA-2020-09-16-1 iOS 14.0 and iPadOS 14.0 mailing-list, x_refsource_FULLDISC
- 20201115 APPLE-SA-2020-11-13-6 Additional information for APPLE-SA-2020-09-16-4 watchOS 7.0 mailing-list, x_refsource_FULLDISC
- 20201115 APPLE-SA-2020-11-13-7 Additional information for APPLE-SA-2020-09-24-1 macOS Catalina 10.15.7, Security Update 2020-005 High Sierra, Security Update 2020-005 Mojave mailing-list, x_refsource_FULLDISC
- 20201215 APPLE-SA-2020-12-14-4 Additional information for APPLE-SA-2020-11-13-1 macOS Big Sur 11.0.1 mailing-list, x_refsource_FULLDISC