CVE-2020-9855

CVSS V2 Medium 4.6 CVSS V3 High 7.8

Description

A validation issue existed in the handling of symlinks. This issue was addressed with improved validation of symlinks. This issue is fixed in macOS Catalina 10.15.5. A local attacker may be able to elevate their privileges.

Overview

CVE ID
CVE-2020-9855

Assigner
product-security@apple.com

Vulnerability Status
Analyzed

Published Version
2020-06-09T17:15:15

Last Modified Date
2020-06-11T13:20:49

Weakness Enumerations

CWE	URL
CWE-20	http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/20.html

CPE Configuration (Product)

CPE	Vulnerable	Operator	Version Start	Version End
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x::::::::	1	OR		10.15.5

CVSS Version 2

Version
2.0

Vector String
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Access Vector
LOCAL

Access Compatibility
LOW

Authentication
NONE

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL

Integrity Impact
PARTIAL

Availability Impact
PARTIAL

Base Score
4.6

Severity
MEDIUM

Exploitability Score
3.9

Impact Score
6.4

CVSS Version 3

Version
3.1

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL

Attack Compatibility
LOW

Privileges Required
LOW

User Interaction
NONE

Scope
UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact
HIGH

Availability Impact
HIGH

Base Score
7.8

Base Severity
HIGH

Exploitability Score
1.8

Impact Score
5.9

References

Reference URL	Reference Tags
https://support.apple.com/HT211170	Vendor Advisory

Sources

Source Name	Source URL
NIST	https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-9855
MITRE	https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-9855

History

Created	Old Value	New Value	Data Type	Notes
2022-05-10 17:28:28				Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-04 17:37:26	2020-06-09T17:15Z	2020-06-09T17:15:15	CVE Published Date	updated
2022-12-04 17:37:26		2020-06-11T13:20:49	CVE Modified Date	updated
2022-12-04 17:37:26		Analyzed	Vulnerability Status	updated