CVE-2020-9796

Published: Oct 22, 2020Modified: Nov 21, 2024

7.0

Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploitability: 1.0 / Impact: 5.9

Source: NVD

Description

A race condition was addressed with improved state handling. This issue is fixed in macOS Catalina 10.15.5. An application may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges.

Affected (1)

Products: Apple: Mac Os X

Apple

1 product

Mac Os X

Configuration A

1 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Apple Mac Os X	Before 10.15.5

Related CWEs

CWE-362

Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')

The product contains a code sequence that can run concurrently with other code, and the code sequence requires temporary, exclusive access to a shared resource, but a timing window exists in which the shared resource can be modified by another code sequence that is operating concurrently.

References (2)

https://support.apple.com/kb/HT211170

Source: product-security@apple.com

Vendor Advisory

https://support.apple.com/kb/HT211170

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Vendor Advisory

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