CVE-2020-27932 vulnerability in Apple Products
Published on December 8, 2020
Known Exploited Vulnerability
This Apple iOS and macOS Kernel Type Confusion Vulnerability is part of CISA's list of Known Exploited Vulnerabilities. A malicious application may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges.
The following remediation steps are recommended / required by May 3, 2022: Apply updates per vendor instructions.
Vulnerability Analysis
CVE-2020-27932 is exploitable with local system access, requires user interaction. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. This vulnerability is known to be actively exploited by threat actors. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to be very high.
Weakness Type
What is an Object Type Confusion Vulnerability?
The program allocates or initializes a resource such as a pointer, object, or variable using one type, but it later accesses that resource using a type that is incompatible with the original type.
CVE-2020-27932 has been classified to as an Object Type Confusion vulnerability or weakness.
Products Associated with CVE-2020-27932
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Affected Versions
Apple watchOS:- Version unspecified and below 7.1 is affected.
- Version unspecified and below 14.2 is affected.
- Version unspecified and below 11.0 is affected.
- Version unspecified and below 12.4 is affected.
- Version unspecified and below 6.2 is affected.
- Version unspecified and below 5.3 is affected.
- Version unspecified and below 2020 is affected.
- Version unspecified and below 10.15 is affected.
Exploit Probability
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System) scores estimate the probability that a vulnerability will be exploited in the wild within the next 30 days. The percentile shows you how this score compares to all other vulnerabilities.