CVEvulnerability

CVE-2020-9855

7.8 HIGH Published 2020-06-09 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2020-06-09
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
7.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
4.6 MEDIUM — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weaknesses
CWE-20

Description

A validation issue existed in the handling of symlinks. This issue was addressed with improved validation of symlinks. This issue is fixed in macOS Catalina 10.15.5. A local attacker may be able to elevate their privileges.

Affected configurations

• apple mac os x (< 10.15.5)

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-20 Improper Input Validation weakness

References