CVE-2020-9855: 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…

PriorityP337high7.8CVSS 3.1

AVLACLPRLUINSUCHIHAH

EPSS

0.27%

19.5th percentile

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.

Affected

2 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
apple	mac_os_x	< 10.15.5	10.15.5
apple	macos	>= unspecified < macOS Catalina 10.15.5	macOS Catalina 10.15.5

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.17.8HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

nvdv2.04.6MEDIUMAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

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