CVE-2020-9900 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Apple	Ipados Iphone Os Mac Os X Tvos Watchos

Configuration 1 [-]

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	cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os::::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x::::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:apple:tvos::::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:apple:watchos::::::::

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References

Link	Providers
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT211288
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT211289
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT211290
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT211291

History

No history.

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: apple

Published: 2020-10-22T18:00:37

Updated: 2024-08-04T10:43:05.450Z

Reserved: 2020-03-02T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2020-9900

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2020-10-22T18:15:15.533

Modified: 2024-11-21T05:41:29.610

Link: CVE-2020-9900

Redhat

No data.

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