Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in watchOS - CVE-2020-10002

 

Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in watchOS - CVE-2020-10002

Published: November 6, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU48182
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 6.8 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-10002
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.

The vulnerability exists due to a logic issue within the Foundation subsystem. A local user can read otherwise restricted files on the system.


Affected software

watchOS
macOS
tvOS
iPadOS
Apple iOS

How to mitigate CVE-2020-10002

Install updates from vendor's website.

watchOS - update to 7.1 18R590
tvOS - update to 14.2 18K57
iPadOS - update to 14.2 18B92
Apple iOS - update to 14.2 18B92

External References

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