Main Vulnerability Database Vulnerabilities #VU46805

Missing Encryption of Sensitive Data in Apple Xcode - CVE-2020-9992

Published: September 18, 2020 / Updated: September 24, 2020

Vulnerability identifier: #VU46805

CSH Severity: Medium

CVSS v4: 7.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]

CVE-ID: CVE-2020-9992

CWE-ID: CWE-311

Exploitation vector: Adjecent network

Exploit availability: Public exploit is available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to compromise the affected device.

The vulnerability exists due to missing encryption on communication during a debug session over the network. A remote attacker with access to the same network as the device can inject and execute arbitrary code on the system.

Affected software

Apple Xcode

How to mitigate CVE-2020-9992

Install updates from vendor's website.

Apple Xcode - update to 12.0

Links to Public Exploits and PoC-codes

Exploit #4651 - c0ntextomy (CVE-2020-9992 - A design flaw in MobileDevice.framework/Xcode and iOS/iPadOS/tvOS Development Tools allows an attacker in the same network to gain remote code execution on a target device) (September 24, 2020)

External References

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT211848

Related Security Bulletins

Remote code execution in Apple Xcode