CVE-2020-9901

HighCVSS 7.8/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

An issue existed within the path validation logic for symlinks. This issue was addressed with improved path sanitization. This issue is fixed in iOS 13.6 and iPadOS 13.6, macOS Catalina 10.15.6, tvOS 13.4.8. A local attacker may be able to elevate their privileges.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 7.8/10CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-59

Affected software

VendorProductVersions
AppleiOS>= unspecified, < iOS 13.6 and iPadOS 13.6
ApplemacOS>= unspecified, < macOS Catalina 10.15.6
AppletvOS>= unspecified, < tvOS 13.4.8

References

Timeline

Published
Oct 22, 2020
Last modified
Jun 17, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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