CVEvulnerability
CVE-2020-9934
CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability
Apple iOS, iPadOS, and macOS Input Validation Vulnerability — Apple iOS, iPadOS, and macOS
Apple iOS, iPadOS, and macOS contain an unspecified vulnerability involving input validation which can allow a local attacker to view sensitive user information.
- Added to KEV
- 2022-09-08
- Remediation due
- 2022-09-29
- Ransomware use
- Unknown
- Required action
- Apply updates per vendor instructions.
- Notes
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT211288, https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT211289; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-9934
- Status
- Analyzed
- Published
- 2020-10-16
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 5.5 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- CVSS 3.1 (134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0)
- 5.5 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 2.1 LOW — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Description
An issue existed in the handling of environment variables. This issue was addressed with improved validation. This issue is fixed in iOS 13.6 and iPadOS 13.6, macOS Catalina 10.15.6. A local user may be able to view sensitive user information.
Affected configurations
• apple ipados (< 13.6)
• apple iphone os (< 13.6)
• apple mac os x (< 10.15.6)
References
- https://support.apple.com/HT211288 Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/HT211289 Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/HT211288 Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/HT211289 Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2020-9934 US Government Resource