Vulnerability Details : CVE-2020-14977
Potential exploit
An issue was discovered in F-Secure SAFE 17.7 on macOS. The XPC services use the PID to identify the connecting client, which allows an attacker to perform a PID reuse attack and 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.
Vulnerability category: Execute code
Products affected by CVE-2020-14977
- cpe:2.3:a:f-secure:safe:17.7:*:*:*:*:macos:*:*
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2020-14977
0.80%
Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days
EPSS Score History
~ 72 %
Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less
CVSS scores for CVE-2020-14977
| Base Score | Base Severity | CVSS Vector | Exploitability Score | Impact Score | Score Source | First Seen |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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9.3
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HIGH | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
8.6
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10.0
|
NIST | |
|
8.1
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HIGH | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
2.2
|
5.9
|
NIST |
References for CVE-2020-14977
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https://www.f-secure.com/en/home/products/safe
F-Secure SAFE — Internet security for all devices | F-SecureVendor Advisory
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https://theevilbit.github.io/posts/
Posts · theevilbit blogExploit;Third Party Advisory
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https://www.f-secure.com/en/business/programs/vulnerability-reward-program/hall-of-fame
Hall of Fame | F-SecureVendor Advisory
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