CVE-2020-9885 describes a medium-severity vulnerability in Apple's iMessage tapback handling, affecting iOS, iPadOS, macOS, tvOS, and watchOS. The flaw allowed a user previously removed from an iMessage group to rejoin without authorization. With a CVSS score of 5.5, this issue requires user interaction (UI:R) but has low attack complexity (AC:L) and could lead to high integrity impact (I:H) by allowing unauthorized access to group communications. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage. Apple resolved this vulnerability in iOS 13.6, iPadOS 13.6, macOS Catalina 10.15.6, tvOS 13.4.8, and watchOS 6.2.8.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 13.6CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:apple:ipados:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 13.6CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 10.15.6CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 13.4.8CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:apple:tvos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 6.2.8CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:apple:watchos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
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