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CVE-2020-14977

HIGH
8.1
CVSS Score
Published: June 23, 2020 at 07:02 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 02:55 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorSafe

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Severity
HIGH8.1
Exploit prediction
EPSS 3%

Description

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.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

Patch and advisory references

References (3)

x_refsource_MISCExploitThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://theevilbit.github.io/posts/
x_refsource_MISCVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://www.f-secure.com/en/business/programs/vulnerability-reward-program/hall-of-fame
x_refsource_MISCVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://www.f-secure.com/en/home/products/safe

CVSS

8.1HIGH[email protected]
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
HIGH
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
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