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CVE-2020-9968

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2020-10-16 · updated 2026-06-17

Description

A logic issue was addressed with improved restrictions. This issue is fixed in iOS 14.0 and iPadOS 14.0, macOS Catalina 10.15.7, tvOS 14.0, watchOS 7.0. A malicious application may be able to access restricted files.

Affected products

• Apple iPadOS: before 14.0 — fixed in 14.0
• Apple Iphone Os: before 14.0 — fixed in 14.0
• macOS: from 10.13 before 10.13.6; from 10.14 before 10.14.6; from 10.15 before 10.15.7; 10.13.6, 10.13.6-security_update_2018-002, 10.13.6-security_update_2018-003, 10.13.6-security_update_2019-001, 10.13.6-security_update_2019-002, 10.13.6-security_update_2019-003 (+19) — fixed in 10.13.6, 10.14.6, 10.15.7
• Apple tvOS: before 14.0 — fixed in 14.0
• Apple watchOS: before 7.0 — fixed in 7.0

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Apple iPadOS 14.0; Apple Iphone Os 14.0; macOS 10.13.6, 10.14.6, 10.15.7; Apple tvOS 14.0; Apple watchOS 7.0. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/Nov/19
• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/Nov/20
• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/Nov/21
• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/Nov/22
• https://support.apple.com/HT211843
• https://support.apple.com/HT211844
• https://support.apple.com/HT211849
• https://support.apple.com/HT211850
• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/Nov/19
• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/Nov/20
• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/Nov/21
• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/Nov/22

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