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CVE-2020-9968

20
FAUCET Score

CVE-2020-9968 is a logic issue affecting Apple's iOS, iPadOS, macOS, tvOS, and watchOS, which could allow a malicious application to access restricted files. With a CVSS score of 5.5 (Medium), it requires user interaction (UI:R) and local access (AV:L), but could lead to high confidentiality impact (C:H). This vulnerability is not known to be actively exploited, lacks public exploit code in Metasploit or ExploitDB, and has received limited community discussion and media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 14.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:ipados:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 14.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 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, < 10.15.7CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

5.5MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.16%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
63.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0116 is in the 75th percentile among its peer group of 5,765 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Patches (1)

applevendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch

References

seclists.org / fulldisclosure/2020/Nov/19
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
seclists.org / fulldisclosure/2020/Nov/20
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
seclists.org / fulldisclosure/2020/Nov/21
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
seclists.org / fulldisclosure/2020/Nov/22
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
support.apple.com / HT211843
Release NotesVendor Advisory
support.apple.com / HT211844
Release NotesVendor Advisory
support.apple.com / HT211849
Release NotesVendor Advisory
support.apple.com / HT211850
Release NotesVendor Advisory