CVE-2020-9796 describes a race condition vulnerability in macOS Catalina 10.15.5 and earlier, which could allow an application to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges due to improved state handling. This vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 7.0 (High), indicating that an attacker with low privileges could achieve high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, though with high attack complexity. There is currently no public exploit code available (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), nor is there evidence of active exploitation or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 10.15.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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