High severity7.5NVD Advisory· Published Oct 27, 2020· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2020-9782

Description

A parsing issue in the handling of directory paths was addressed with improved path validation. This issue is fixed in macOS Catalina 10.15.2, Security Update 2019-002 Mojave, and Security Update 2019-007 High Sierra. A remote attacker may be able to overwrite existing files.

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Affected products

Apple Inc./Mac OS X
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Range: <10.15.2
Apple Inc./macOSv5
Range: unspecified
Apple Inc./macOS Catalinallm-fuzzy
Range: = 10.15.2
Apple Inc./macOS Mojavellm-fuzzy
Range: Security Update 2019-002
Apple Inc./macOS High Sierrallm-fuzzy
Range: Security Update 2019-007

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References

support.apple.com/en-us/HT210788nvdRelease NotesVendor Advisory

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