High severity8.1NVD Advisory· Published Jun 23, 2020· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2020-14978
CVE-2020-14978
Description
An issue was discovered in F-Secure SAFE 17.7 on macOS. Due to incorrect client version verification, an attacker can connect to a privileged XPC service, and execute privileged commands on the system. NOTE: the attacker needs to execute code on an already compromised machine.
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References
3- theevilbit.github.io/posts/nvdExploitThird Party Advisory
- www.f-secure.com/en/business/programs/vulnerability-reward-program/hall-of-famenvdVendor Advisory
- www.f-secure.com/en/home/products/safenvdVendor Advisory
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