CVE-2020-9990 — Race Condition in Apple Macos

CWE-362 — Race ConditionCWE-367 — Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition3 documents3 sources
Severity
7.8HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.0%
top 85.60%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
3
Apple MacosApple MAC OS XApple Macos Catalina 10.15.6 Security Update 2020-004 Mojave Security Update 2020-004
Timeline
PublishedOct 22
Latest updateMay 24

Description

A race condition was addressed with additional validation. This issue is fixed in macOS Catalina 10.15.6. A malicious application may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 1.1 | Impact: 6.0

Affected Packages3 packages

▶CVEListV5apple/macosunspecified — macOS Catalina 10.15.6
▶NVDapple/mac_os_x< 10.5.6

🔴Vulnerability Details

1
GHSA
GHSA-cqpw-mc9f-6gf5: A race condition was addressed with additional validation↗2022-05-24
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📋Vendor Advisories

1
Apple
CVE-2020-9990: macOS Catalina 10.15.6, Security Update 2020-004 Mojave, Security Update 2020-004 High Sierra↗2020-07-15
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