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01 Record

CVE-2020-9817

A permissions issue existed. This issue was addressed with improved permission validation. This issue is fixed in macOS Catalina 10.15.5. A malicious application may be able to gain root privileges.

UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: apple
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
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02 Description

A permissions issue existed. This issue was addressed with improved permission validation. This issue is fixed in macOS Catalina 10.15.5. A malicious application may be able to gain root privileges.

03 Exploitation and scoring

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
1.09% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
EPSS percentile
Equal to or higher than the score of 65.1% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
NVD base score
7.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
NVD CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/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.

04 Metadata

Published
2020-06-09 16:11Z6 YR AGO
Last updated
2024-08-04 10:43Z2 YR AGO
Reserved
2020-03-02
Assigning CNA
apple
Record state
PUBLISHED
Severity
Not rated by the issuing CNA
CNA CVSS vector
Not published by the issuing CNA
Weaknesses
  • CWE-276Incorrect Default PermissionsBase
Data version
5.1
Document digest
3e0219828aff486a02e2183cf53faafe2c53d43d85007d580295fb0b81468783

05 Affected products

VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
ApplemacOS< macOS Catalina 10.15.5—

06 References