Vulnerability · Published Feb 27, 2020 · Assigned by apple

CVE-2020-3866

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 0.7% (higher than 53% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS NVD)5.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.7%top 47.4% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

This was addressed with additional checks by Gatekeeper on files mounted through a network share. This issue is fixed in macOS Catalina 10.15.3. Searching for and opening a file from an attacker controlled NFS mount may bypass Gatekeeper.

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Apple macOS unspecified – before macOS Catalina 10.15.3

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