CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2020-29620

Improper Privilege Management

Published: Apr 02, 2021 | Modified: Apr 08, 2021
CVSS 3.x
7.8
HIGH
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.x
6.8 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

This issue was addressed with improved entitlements. This issue is fixed in macOS Big Sur 11.1, Security Update 2020-001 Catalina, Security Update 2020-007 Mojave. A malicious application may be able to elevate privileges.

Weakness

The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Mac_os_x Apple 10.14 (including) 10.14.6 (excluding)
Mac_os_x Apple 10.15 (including) 10.15.7 (excluding)
Mac_os_x Apple 10.14.6 (including) 10.14.6 (including)
Mac_os_x Apple 10.14.6-security_update_2019-001 (including) 10.14.6-security_update_2019-001 (including)
Mac_os_x Apple 10.14.6-security_update_2019-002 (including) 10.14.6-security_update_2019-002 (including)
Mac_os_x Apple 10.14.6-security_update_2020-001 (including) 10.14.6-security_update_2020-001 (including)
Mac_os_x Apple 10.14.6-security_update_2020-002 (including) 10.14.6-security_update_2020-002 (including)
Mac_os_x Apple 10.14.6-security_update_2020-003 (including) 10.14.6-security_update_2020-003 (including)
Mac_os_x Apple 10.14.6-security_update_2020-004 (including) 10.14.6-security_update_2020-004 (including)
Mac_os_x Apple 10.14.6-security_update_2020-005 (including) 10.14.6-security_update_2020-005 (including)
Mac_os_x Apple 10.14.6-security_update_2020-006 (including) 10.14.6-security_update_2020-006 (including)
Mac_os_x Apple 10.14.6-supplemental_update (including) 10.14.6-supplemental_update (including)
Mac_os_x Apple 10.14.6-supplemental_update_2 (including) 10.14.6-supplemental_update_2 (including)
Mac_os_x Apple 10.15.7 (including) 10.15.7 (including)
Mac_os_x Apple 10.15.7-supplemental_update (including) 10.15.7-supplemental_update (including)
Macos Apple 11.0 (including) 11.1.0 (excluding)

Potential Mitigations

References