CVE-2020-14978

Public Exploit

Description

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.

8.1

CVSS

Severity: High

CVSS 3.1 •

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 0.80% Top 30%

Vendor Advisory f-secure.com Vendor Advisory f-secure.com

Affected: n/a n/a

References

Link	Tags
https://www.f-secure.com/en/home/products/safe	vendor advisory
https://www.f-secure.com/en/business/programs/vulnerability-reward-program/hall-of-fame	vendor advisory
https://theevilbit.github.io/posts/	third party advisory exploit

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2020-14978?: CVE-2020-14978 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2020-14978?: To fix CVE-2020-14978, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2020-14978 being actively exploited in the wild?: It is possible that CVE-2020-14978 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~1% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.

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