apple ipad-os CVE-2020-9934 vulnerability in Apple Products
Published on October 16, 2020

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An issue existed in the handling of environment variables. This issue was addressed with improved validation. This issue is fixed in iOS 13.6 and iPadOS 13.6, macOS Catalina 10.15.6. A local user may be able to view sensitive user information.

NVD

Known Exploited Vulnerability

This Apple iOS, iPadOS, and macOS Input Validation Vulnerability is part of CISA's list of Known Exploited Vulnerabilities. Apple iOS, iPadOS, and macOS contain an unspecified vulnerability involving input validation which can allow a local attacker to view sensitive user information.

The following remediation steps are recommended / required by September 29, 2022: Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Vulnerability Analysis

CVE-2020-9934 is exploitable with local system access, and requires small amount of user privileges. 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 have a high impact on confidentiality, with no impact on integrity and availability.

Attack Vector:
LOCAL
Attack Complexity:
LOW
Privileges Required:
LOW
User Interaction:
NONE
Scope:
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact:
HIGH
Integrity Impact:
NONE
Availability Impact:
NONE

Products Associated with CVE-2020-9934

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Affected Versions

Apple iOS: Apple macOS:

Exploit Probability

EPSS
2.44%
Percentile
85.23%

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.