CVE-2020-9859

criticalknown exploitedcovered by 1 sourcefirst seen 2021-11-03

Actively exploited. CVE-2020-9859 is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog (added 2021-11-03) — exploitation has been observed in the wild, and US federal agencies are required to remediate it under BOD 22-01. Treat patching as urgent.

Apple iOS, iPadOS, macOS, watchOS, and tvOS contain an unspecified vulnerability that may allow an application to execute code with kernel privileges.

CSIRTS triage

What: An unspecified vulnerability may allow an application to execute code with kernel privileges.
Who is affected: All deployments of affected Apple products.
Urgency: Remediation is urgent due to active exploitation and critical severity.
Action: Update to the latest version of affected Apple products.

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Exploitation outlook

Exploitation confirmedAlready exploited in the wild (CISA KEV) — the prediction phase is over. Patch now. Riskier than 53% of all EPSS-scored CVEs.

Advisory coverage (1)

criticalexploitedCVE-2020-9859: Apple Multiple Products Code Execution Vulnerabilitycisa-kev · 2021-11-03

External references

NVD record for CVE-2020-9859

CVE.org record

CISA KEV catalog

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