Vulnerability · Published Oct 22, 2020 · Assigned by apple

CVE-2020-9901

High 7.8

In plain English

A high-severity security flaw in iOS from Apple. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.3% (higher than 28% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS NVD)7.8High

Exploit odds (30 days)0.3%top 72.4% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

An issue existed within the path validation logic for symlinks. This issue was addressed with improved path sanitization. This issue is fixed in iOS 13.6 and iPadOS 13.6, macOS Catalina 10.15.6, tvOS 13.4.8. A local attacker may be able to elevate their privileges.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
Apple	iOS	unspecified – before iOS 13.6 and iPadOS 13.6
Apple	macOS	unspecified – before macOS Catalina 10.15.6
Apple	tvOS	unspecified – before tvOS 13.4.8

References

https://support.apple.com/kb/HT211289 x_refsource_MISC
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT211288 x_refsource_MISC
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT211290 x_refsource_MISC