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CVE-2020-9859 KEV High · 7.8 EPSS 0.8%

Apple Multiple Products Code Execution Vulnerability

Apple · Multiple Products

Summary

The vulnerability is a memory handling flaw in multiple Apple products, where a memory consumption issue was addressed with improved memory handling. An attacker who can run an application on the affected device can execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges, with no user interaction required.

Official description · NVD

A memory consumption issue was addressed with improved memory handling. This issue is fixed in iOS 13.5.1 and iPadOS 13.5.1, macOS Catalina 10.15.5 Supplemental Update, tvOS 13.4.6, watchOS 6.2.6. An application may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges.

Breakdown
52.0 / 100
Exploited
Yes, in CISA KEV
Reports
0
Tactics
1/15

How an attack unfolds

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  1. How attackers get in

First seen exploited 17 months after disclosure.

  1. Disclosedday 0
  2. First seen exploitedVulnCheck KEV evidenceAdded to CISA KEVEU database agrees+17 mo

CISA KEV listing is when exploitation was confirmed, not necessarily the first attack.

techniques

1 , grouped by in kill-chain order, 1 cited passage 1

Privilege EscalationTA0004

Exploitation for Privilege Escalation T1068 Medium
AI mapping from the description · how it is exploited

local kernel privilege escalation via memory bug

An application may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges
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Detection

0 rules for this CVE · 31 general rules for its techniques

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What security researchers reported

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References

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