CVE-2020-9990

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

7.8

Vector

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

Exploitability: 1.1 / Impact: 6.0

Source: NVD

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.

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 10.5.6

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/HT211289

Source: product-security@apple.com

Release NotesVendor Advisory

https://support.apple.com/kb/HT211289

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

Release NotesVendor Advisory

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