CVE-2020-10947

Exploitation

Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.

SSVC decision

Not assessed by CISA

EPSS probability

2.02% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 79.2% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

8.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

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

NVD analysis status

Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.

Red Hat severity

No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2020-04-17 12:38Z6 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-04 11:21Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2020-03-25

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-59Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')Base

Data version

5.1

Document digest

336f18d1dc239f4da0fe6586ec5d1b27fe3edc6ef61e4d0f1a7ef110fcfc398a

• www.sophos.comhttps://www.sophos.com/en-us.aspxx_refsource_MISC
• community.sophos.comhttps://community.sophos.com/b/security-blog/posts/advisory-cve-2020-10947---sophos-anti-virus-for-macos-privilege-escalationx_refsource_CONFIRM