CVE-2020-9939 describes a vulnerability in macOS Catalina 10.15.5 and earlier that allowed a local, highly privileged user to load unsigned kernel extensions due to insufficient checks. This medium-severity flaw (CVSS 6.4) could lead to high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, but requires high attack complexity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability. The issue was resolved in macOS Catalina 10.15.6.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 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:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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