CVE-2020-9898 is a critical vulnerability affecting Apple's iOS, iPadOS, and macOS operating systems, allowing a sandboxed process to bypass security restrictions. With a CVSS score of 9.8, it presents a severe risk due to its network-based attack vector, low attack complexity, and high potential for confidentiality, integrity, and availability compromise. While there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion, Apple has addressed this issue with improved entitlements in iOS 13.6, iPadOS 13.6, and macOS Catalina 10.15.6.
| 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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 10.13.6, < 10.15.6CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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