CVE-2020-9851 — Incorrect Permission Assignment in Apple Macos

CWE-732 — Incorrect Permission Assignment2 documents2 sources
Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.2%
top 58.72%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
Apple MacosApple MAC OS X
Timeline
PublishedJun 9
Latest updateMay 24

Description

An access issue was addressed with improved access restrictions. This issue is fixed in macOS Catalina 10.15.5. A malicious application may be able to modify protected parts of the file system.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:NExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages2 packages

▶CVEListV5apple/macosunspecified — macOS Catalina 10.15.5
▶NVDapple/mac_os_x< 10.15.5

🔴Vulnerability Details

1
GHSA
GHSA-vrf2-fwg6-v4x5: An access issue was addressed with improved access restrictions↗2022-05-24
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