CVE-2020-14978

An issue was discovered in F-Secure SAFE 17.7 on macOS. Due to incorrect client version verification, an attacker can connect to a privileged XPC service, and execute privileged commands on the system. NOTE: the attacker needs to execute code on an already compromised machine.

CVSS v3 8.1 HIGH
CVSS v2.0 9.3 HIGH

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CVSS v3 : HIGH

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.2 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity HIGH

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

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CVSS v2.0 : HIGH

V2 Legend

Vector : AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Exploitability : 8.6 / Impact : 10.0

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity MEDIUM

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact COMPLETE

Integrity Impact COMPLETE

Availability Impact COMPLETE

References

Link	Resource
https://theevilbit.github.io/posts/	Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://www.f-secure.com/en/business/programs/vulnerability-reward-program/hall-of-fame	Vendor Advisory
https://www.f-secure.com/en/home/products/safe	Vendor Advisory
https://theevilbit.github.io/posts/	Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://www.f-secure.com/en/business/programs/vulnerability-reward-program/hall-of-fame	Vendor Advisory
https://www.f-secure.com/en/home/products/safe	Vendor Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:f-secure:safe:17.7:*:*:*:*:macos:*:*

History

21 Nov 2024, 05:04

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
References	~~() https://theevilbit.github.io/posts/ - Exploit, Third Party Advisory~~	() https://theevilbit.github.io/posts/ - Exploit, Third Party Advisory
References	~~() https://www.f-secure.com/en/business/programs/vulnerability-reward-program/hall-of-fame - Vendor Advisory~~	() https://www.f-secure.com/en/business/programs/vulnerability-reward-program/hall-of-fame - Vendor Advisory
References	~~() https://www.f-secure.com/en/home/products/safe - Vendor Advisory~~	() https://www.f-secure.com/en/home/products/safe - Vendor Advisory

Information

Published : 2020-06-23 20:15

Updated : 2024-11-21 05:04

NVD link : CVE-2020-14978

Mitre link : CVE-2020-14978

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2020-14978

JSON object : View

Products Affected

f-secure

safe

CWE

NVD-CWE-noinfo

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