CVE-2020-14978 Privilege escalation in n/a
An attacker with local code execution can bypass client version checks 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-2020-14978?
CVE-2020-14978 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. Due to incorrect client version verification, an attacker can 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-2020-14978?
It affects 1 product.
Products include F-Secure Safe.
How do I fix CVE-2020-14978?
No fix has been published for CVE-2020-14978 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2020-14978 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-14978 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
- CVE-2020-14977 Race condition in n/a
- CVE-2022-38164 Security feature bypass in n/a
- CVE-2021-44748 Universal Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability in F-Secure SAFE Browser for Android
- CVE-2021-44749 Universal Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability in F-Secure SAFE Browser Protection for Android
- CVE-2022-47524 Other in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-8rqr-q2h3-j5xj.