Vulnerability · Published Oct 22, 2020 · Assigned by apple

CVE-2020-9986

Low 3.3

In plain English

A low-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 0.9% (higher than 61% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS NVD)3.3Low
Exploit odds (30 days)0.9%top 39.1% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

A file access issue existed with certain home folder files. This was addressed with improved access restrictions. This issue is fixed in macOS Catalina 10.15.7. A malicious application may be able to read sensitive location information.

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Apple macOS unspecified – before macOS Catalina 10.15.7

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