CVE-2020-29633 — Improper Authentication in Apple Macos

CWE-287 — Improper Authentication4 documents4 sources
Severity
8.8HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.6%
top 29.55%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
Apple MacosApple MAC OS X
Timeline
PublishedApr 2
Latest updateMay 24

Description

An authentication issue was addressed with improved state management. This issue is fixed in macOS Big Sur 11.2, Security Update 2021-001 Catalina, Security Update 2021-001 Mojave, macOS Big Sur 11.1, Security Update 2020-001 Catalina, Security Update 2020-007 Mojave. An attacker in a privileged network position may be able to bypass authentication policy.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 2.8 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages3 packages

▶CVEListV5apple/macosunspecified — 11.1+1
▶NVDapple/macos11.0 — 11.2
▶NVDapple/mac_os_x10.14 — 10.14.6+3

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-jhxv-qx9r-5q73: An authentication issue was addressed with improved state management↗2022-05-24
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CVEList
CVE-2020-29633: An authentication issue was addressed with improved state management↗2021-04-02
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📋Vendor Advisories

1
Apple
CVE-2020-29633: macOS Big Sur 11.2, Security Update 2021-001 Catalina, Security Update 2021-001 Mojave↗2021-02-01
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