CVSS Meta Temp Score | Current Exploit Price (≈) | CTI Interest Score |
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6.7 | $0-$5k | 0.00 |
A vulnerability was found in Apple macOS up to 10.15.6 (Operating System). It has been declared as critical. This vulnerability affects an unknown part of the component Model IO. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
The weakness was disclosed 09/24/2020 by Aleksandar Nikolic with Cisco Talos as HT211849 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is available at support.apple.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2020-9973. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. The structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 11/13/2020). It is expected to see the exploit prices for this product increasing in the near future. The advisory points out:
An out-of-bounds read was addressed with improved bounds checking.
Upgrading to version 10.15.7 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.
The entries 161356, 161960, 161961 and 161963 are pretty similar.
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CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
CVSSv4
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CVSSv3
VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.0VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.9
VulDB Base Score: 6.3
VulDB Temp Score: 6.0
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Exploiting
Class: Memory corruptionCWE: CWE-119
ATT&CK: Unknown
Local: No
Remote: Yes
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Status: Not defined
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Threat Intelligence
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Countermeasures
Recommended: UpgradeStatus: 🔍
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Upgrade: macOS 10.15.7
Timeline
03/02/2020 🔍09/24/2020 🔍
09/24/2020 🔍
09/25/2020 🔍
11/14/2020 🔍
Sources
Vendor: apple.comAdvisory: HT211849
Researcher: Aleksandar Nikolic
Organization: Cisco Talos
Status: Confirmed
CVE: CVE-2020-9973 (🔍)
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20180712
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Entry
Created: 09/25/2020 15:54Updated: 11/14/2020 08:46
Changes: 09/25/2020 15:54 (47), 09/25/2020 15:59 (2), 11/13/2020 07:53 (2), 11/14/2020 08:39 (2), 11/14/2020 08:46 (8)
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