Apple macOS up to 10.15.5 Clang privileges management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Apple macOS up to 10.15.5. This affects an unknown function of the component Clang. Executing a manipulation can lead to privileges management. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2020-9870. No exploit is available. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Apple macOS up to 10.15.5 (Operating System). It has been declared as critical. This vulnerability affects some unknown functionality of the component Clang. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is 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. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The weakness was published 07/15/2020 by Samuel Gross with Google Project Zero as HT211289 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is available at support.apple.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2020-9870. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1068 by the MITRE ATT&CK project. The advisory points out:

A logic issue was addressed with improved validation.

Upgrading to version 10.15.6 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

Similar entries are available at VDB-158645, VDB-158646, VDB-158647 and VDB-158648. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Class: Privileges management
CWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: Yes

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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: macOS 10.15.6

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03/02/2020 🔍
07/15/2020 +135 days 🔍
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07/17/2020 +2 days 🔍
11/03/2020 +109 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: HT211289
Researcher: Samuel Gross
Organization: Google Project Zero
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2020-9870 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2020-9870
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-158650
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20180712
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Entryinfo

Created: 07/17/2020 07:41
Updated: 11/03/2020 21:12
Changes: 07/17/2020 07:41 (47), 07/17/2020 07:46 (2), 11/03/2020 21:10 (2), 11/03/2020 21:12 (8)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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