CVE-2020-9978
Apple Mac Initialisation Stage Hijack
Description
This issue was addressed with improved setting propagation. This issue is fixed in macOS Big Sur 11.0.1, tvOS 14.0, macOS Big Sur 11.1, Security Update 2020-001 Catalina, Security Update 2020-007 Mojave, watchOS 7.0, iOS 14.0 and iPadOS 14.0. An attacker in a privileged network position may be able to unexpectedly alter application state.
INFO
Published Date :
April 2, 2021, 6:15 p.m.
Last Modified :
Nov. 21, 2024, 5:41 a.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
No
Impact Score :
3.6
Exploitability Score :
0.9
Affected Products
The following products are affected by CVE-2020-9978
vulnerability.
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products
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affected, the information is not represented in the table below.
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth
information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to
CVE-2020-9978.
| URL | Resource |
|---|---|
| https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT211843 | Vendor Advisory |
| https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT211844 | Vendor Advisory |
| https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT211850 | Vendor Advisory |
| https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT211931 | Vendor Advisory |
| https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212011 | Vendor Advisory |
| https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT211843 | Vendor Advisory |
| https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT211844 | Vendor Advisory |
| https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT211850 | Vendor Advisory |
| https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT211931 | Vendor Advisory |
| https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212011 | Vendor Advisory |
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The following table lists the changes that have been made to the
CVE-2020-9978 vulnerability over time.
Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.
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CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Nov. 21, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT211843 Added Reference https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT211844 Added Reference https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT211850 Added Reference https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT211931 Added Reference https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212011 -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Apr. 07, 2021
Action Type Old Value New Value Added CVSS V2 NIST (AV:A/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N) Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:A/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N Changed Reference Type https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT211843 No Types Assigned https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT211843 Vendor Advisory Changed Reference Type https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT211844 No Types Assigned https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT211844 Vendor Advisory Changed Reference Type https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT211850 No Types Assigned https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT211850 Vendor Advisory Changed Reference Type https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT211931 No Types Assigned https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT211931 Vendor Advisory Changed Reference Type https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212011 No Types Assigned https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212011 Vendor Advisory Added CWE NIST NVD-CWE-noinfo Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:apple:ipados:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 14.0 *cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 14.0 *cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 10.14 up to (excluding) 10.14.6 *cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.14.6:-:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.14.6:security_update_2019-001:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.14.6:security_update_2019-002:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.14.6:security_update_2019-006:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.14.6:security_update_2019-007:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.14.6:security_update_2020-001:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.14.6:security_update_2020-002:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.14.6:security_update_2020-003:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.14.6:security_update_2020-004:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.14.6:security_update_2020-005:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.14.6:security_update_2020-006:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.14.6:supplemental_update:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.14.6:supplemental_update_2:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 10.15 up to (excluding) 10.15.7 *cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.15.7:-:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.15.7:supplemental_update:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 11.0 up to (excluding) 11.1.0 *cpe:2.3:o:apple:watchos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 7.0
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
While CVE identifies
specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or
weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2020-9978 is
associated with the following CWEs:
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification
(CAPEC)
stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and
approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2020-9978
weaknesses.
Exploit Prediction
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.
0.05 }} 0.00%
score
0.14464
percentile