CVE-2020-9796

HIGH

macOS < 10.15.5 - Race Condition Leading to Privilege Escalation

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

A race condition was addressed with improved state handling. This issue is fixed in macOS Catalina 10.15.5. An application may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges.

References (1)

Core 1
Core References
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT211170

Scores

CVSS v3 7.0
EPSS 0.0022
EPSS Percentile 12.4%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-362
Status published
Products (1)
apple/mac_os_x < 10.15.5
Published Oct 22, 2020
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026