CVE-2020-9990

HIGH

macOS < 10.15.6 - Race Condition Leading to Privilege Escalation

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

A race condition was addressed with additional validation. This issue is fixed in macOS Catalina 10.15.6. A malicious application may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges.

References (1)

Core 1
Core References
Release Notes, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT211289

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8
EPSS 0.0024
EPSS Percentile 14.6%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-362
Status published
Products (1)
apple/mac_os_x < 10.5.6
Published Oct 22, 2020
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026