CVE-2020-9898
CRITICAL
9.8
CVSS Score
Published: October 22, 2020 at 06:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 03:28 AM UTC
3 products affected across 1 vendormacOSiPhone OSiPadOS
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Severity
CRITICAL9.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 1%
Description
This issue was addressed with improved entitlements. This issue is fixed in iOS 13.6 and iPadOS 13.6, macOS Catalina 10.15.6. A sandboxed process may be able to circumvent sandbox restrictions.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
v < 13.6
Affected range stops below 13.6, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
v < 13.6v < iOS 13.6 and iPadOS 13.6
Affected range stops below 13.6, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below iOS 13.6 and iPadOS 13.6, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (2)
CVSS
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- NONE
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- HIGH
- Integrity
- HIGH
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
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StatusMODIFIED
CWE
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