Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in macOS - CVE-2020-9771
Published: June 1, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU28473
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 7.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-9771
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to escalate privileges on the system.
The vulnerability exists due to application does not properly impose security restrictions within the Sandbox functionality. A remote user can gain access to protected parts of the file system.
Affected software
macOS
How to mitigate CVE-2020-9771
Install updates from vendor's website.
macOS - update to 10.15.5 19F96