CVE-2020-9855

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CVSS 3.1

7.8 high

EPSS

<1%p19

Published

Jun 9, 2020 (Jun 9, 2020)

Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Description

A validation issue existed in the handling of symlinks. This issue was addressed with improved validation of symlinks. This issue is fixed in macOS Catalina 10.15.5. A local attacker may be able to elevate their privileges.

Vendors: apple
Products: mac os x
Weakness: CWE-20
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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