CVE-2020-9990 describes a race condition in macOS Catalina that could allow a malicious application to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 7.8 (High), indicating a local attack vector with high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, but requiring high attack complexity. While a fix is available in macOS Catalina 10.15.6, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 10.5.6CPE 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:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
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