Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Oct 22, 2020· Updated Aug 4, 2024

CVE-2020-9900

Description

An issue existed within the path validation logic for symlinks. This issue was addressed with improved path sanitization. This issue is fixed in iOS 13.6 and iPadOS 13.6, macOS Catalina 10.15.6, tvOS 13.4.8, watchOS 6.2.8. A local attacker may be able to elevate their privileges.

Affected products

Apple Inc./tvOSv5
Range: unspecified
Apple Inc./macOSv5
Range: unspecified
Apple Inc./watchOSv5
Range: unspecified
Apple Inc./iOScpe-rescue
Range: unspecified

Patches

No patches discovered yet.

Vulnerability mechanics

AI mechanics synthesis has not run for this CVE yet.

References

support.apple.com/kb/HT211288mitrex_refsource_MISC
support.apple.com/kb/HT211289mitrex_refsource_MISC
support.apple.com/kb/HT211290mitrex_refsource_MISC
support.apple.com/kb/HT211291mitrex_refsource_MISC

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