CVE-2020-9868 — Improper Certificate Validation in Apple Macos

CWE-295 — Improper Certificate Validation7 documents4 sources
Severity
9.1CRITICALNVD
EPSS
0.1%
top 65.34%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
7
Apple IOSApple MacosApple Tvos+4 more
Timeline
PublishedOct 22
Latest updateMay 24

Description

A certificate validation issue existed when processing administrator added certificates. This issue was addressed with improved certificate validation. This issue is fixed in iOS 13.6 and iPadOS 13.6, macOS Catalina 10.15.6, tvOS 13.4.8, watchOS 6.2.8. An attacker may have been able to impersonate a trusted website using shared key material for an administrator added certificate.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:NExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 5.2

Affected Packages9 packages

▶CVEListV5apple/tvosunspecified — tvOS 13.4.8
▶NVDapple/tvos< 13.4.8
▶CVEListV5apple/macosunspecified — macOS Catalina 10.15.6
▶NVDapple/ipados< 13.6
▶CVEListV5apple/watchosunspecified — watchOS 6.2.8

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-8m82-p7m3-cc92: A certificate validation issue existed when processing administrator added certificates↗2022-05-24
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CVEList
CVE-2020-9868: A certificate validation issue existed when processing administrator added certificates↗2020-10-22
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📋Vendor Advisories

4
Apple
CVE-2020-9868: watchOS 6.2.8↗2020-07-15
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Apple
CVE-2020-9868: tvOS 13.4.8↗2020-07-15
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Apple
CVE-2020-9868: iOS 13.6 and iPadOS 13.6↗2020-07-15
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Apple
CVE-2020-9868: macOS Catalina 10.15.6, Security Update 2020-004 Mojave, Security Update 2020-004 High Sierra↗2020-07-15
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