Apple macOS up to 10.15.6 Mail privileges management

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A vulnerability was found in Apple macOS up to 10.15.6 (Operating System). It has been classified as critical. This affects some unknown functionality of the component Mail. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-269. The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The weakness was released 09/24/2020 by Fabian Ising and Damian Poddebniak as HT211849 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is shared at support.apple.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2020-9941. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1068 for this issue. The advisory points out:

This issue was addressed with improved checks.

Upgrading to version 10.15.7 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at 161960, 161962 and 161963.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.9
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.7

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Class: Privileges management
CWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
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Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: macOS 10.15.7

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03/02/2020 🔍
09/24/2020 +206 days 🔍
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09/25/2020 +1 days 🔍
11/14/2020 +50 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: HT211849
Researcher: Fabian Ising, Damian Poddebniak
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2020-9941 (🔍)
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20180712
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Entryinfo

Created: 09/25/2020 15:53
Updated: 11/14/2020 08:34
Changes: 09/25/2020 15:53 (46), 09/25/2020 15:58 (2), 11/13/2020 07:53 (3), 11/14/2020 08:30 (3), 11/14/2020 08:34 (8)
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