CVE-2020-9817 describes a permissions issue in macOS Catalina 10.15.5 and earlier, allowing a malicious application to gain root privileges. This vulnerability carries a high CVSS score of 7.8, indicating a significant risk where an attacker could achieve full system compromise with low attack complexity and no prior privileges, requiring user interaction. While no public exploit code is available on platforms like Metasploit or ExploitDB, and it's not listed in CISA's KEV catalog, there has been some community discussion, including a Reddit post detailing a technical advisory.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 10.13, < 10.13.6CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 10.14, < 10.14.6CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 10.15, < 10.15.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
10.13.6CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.13.6:-:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
10.13.6CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.13.6:security_update_2018-002:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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