CVE-2020-14977 Race condition in n/a

High 8.1 Published Updated

An attacker with local code execution can exploit PID reuse in F-Secure SAFE to access privileged XPC services and execute commands with elevated privileges.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2020-14977?

CVE-2020-14977 is a high-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 23 Jun 2020. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official 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.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-14977?

It affects 1 product.

Products include F-Secure Safe.

How do I fix CVE-2020-14977?

No fix has been published for CVE-2020-14977 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2020-14977 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-14977 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-6qqr-wg3h-jf3m.

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