CVE-2020-14978 describes a high-severity vulnerability in F-Secure SAFE 17.7 on macOS, stemming from incorrect client version verification. This flaw allows an attacker to connect to a privileged XPC service and execute arbitrary commands with elevated privileges, assuming they have already compromised the machine. The CVSS score of 8.1 reflects the high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, despite the high attack complexity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
17.7CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:f-secure:safe:17.7:*:*:*:*:macos:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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