Apple iOS

CVE-2020-9900
HIGH 7.8

At a glance

Source
NVD
EPSS
EPSS 0.39 % · percentile 33 ()
State
PUBLISHED
Published
Updated
Assigner
apple
NVD status
Modified

Description

An issue existed within the path validation logic for symlinks. This issue was addressed with improved path sanitization. This issue is fixed in iOS 13.6 and iPadOS 13.6, macOS Catalina 10.15.6, tvOS 13.4.8, watchOS 6.2.8. A local attacker may be able to elevate their privileges.

Weaknesses (CWE)

  • CWE-59 — Improper Link Resolution Before File Access

References

Scores

VersionScoreVectorScored by
CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HNVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary)
CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 4.6AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:PNVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary)

European references

Affected configurations (NVD CPE)

Affected products

ProductVersions
Apple · iOSaffected unspecified < iOS 13.6 and iPadOS 13.6
Apple · macOSaffected unspecified < macOS Catalina 10.15.6
Apple · tvOSaffected unspecified < tvOS 13.4.8
Apple · watchOSaffected unspecified < watchOS 6.2.8

Sources

SourceLicence
CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5)CVE Program Terms of Use
EPSS (FIRST.org)FIRST — attribution requested
ENISA EUVDENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged
NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feedsPublic domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD