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CVE-2020-9856
This issue was addressed with improved checks. This issue is fixed in macOS Catalina 10.15.5. An application may be able to gain elevated…
Medium5.3EPSS 1.4%
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- apple
Description
This issue was addressed with improved checks. This issue is fixed in macOS Catalina 10.15.5. An application may be able to gain elevated privileges.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Medium5.3 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.4% · top 28% of all CVEs (7 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.3.
Weakness
- An application may be able to gain elevated privileges
Affected products
References (1)
- https://support.apple.com/HT211170 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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