CVE-2020-9971 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

A logic issue was addressed with improved validation. This issue is fixed in watchOS 7.0, tvOS 14.0, iOS 14.0 and iPadOS 14.0, macOS Big Sur 11.0.1. A malicious application may be able to elevate privileges.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00428.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Apple Subscribe	Ipados Subscribe Iphone Os Subscribe Macos Subscribe Tvos Subscribe Watchos Subscribe

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2020-30750	A logic issue was addressed with improved validation. This issue is fixed in watchOS 7.0, tvOS 14.0, iOS 14.0 and iPadOS 14.0, macOS Big Sur 11.0.1. A malicious application may be able to elevate privileges.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT211843
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT211844
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT211850
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT211931

History

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Projects

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: apple

Published: 2021-04-02T17:22:40

Updated: 2024-08-04T10:50:57.297Z

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

Link: CVE-2020-9971

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2021-04-02T18:15:18.700

Modified: 2024-11-21T05:41:37.203

Link: CVE-2020-9971

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-noinfo

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