VDB-163993 · CVE-2020-3863 · HT210919

Apple macOS up to 10.15.2 Application memory corruption

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A vulnerability has been found in Apple macOS up to 10.15.2 (Operating System) and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code of the component Application Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-119. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved memory handling. This issue is fixed in macOS Catalina 10.15.3, Security Update 2020-001 Mojave, Security Update 2020-001 High Sierra. An application may be able to execute arbitrary code with system privileges.

The weakness was presented 10/28/2020 as HT210919. The advisory is shared at support.apple.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2020-3863 since 12/18/2019. The exploitation appears to be easy. An attack has to be approached locally. A single authentication is needed for exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 11/29/2020). It is expected to see the exploit prices for this product increasing in the near future.

Upgrading to version 10.15.3 eliminates this vulnerability.

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Operating System

Vendor

Apple

Name

macOS

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.8
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.5

VulDB Base Score: 7.8
VulDB Temp Score: 7.5
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NVD Base Score: 7.8
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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
ATT&CK: Unknown

Local: Yes
Remote: No

Availability: 🔒
Status: Not defined

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