Vulnerabilities > CVE-2020-9859 - Double Free vulnerability in Apple products

047910
CVSS 7.8 - HIGH
Attack vector
LOCAL
Attack complexity
LOW
Privileges required
LOW
Confidentiality impact
HIGH
Integrity impact
HIGH
Availability impact
HIGH
local
low complexity
apple
CWE-415
nessus

Summary

A memory consumption issue was addressed with improved memory handling. This issue is fixed in iOS 13.5.1 and iPadOS 13.5.1, macOS Catalina 10.15.5 Supplemental Update, tvOS 13.4.6, watchOS 6.2.6. An application may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
OS
Apple
527

Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)

Nessus

NASL familyMacOS X Local Security Checks
NASL idMACOS_HT211215.NASL
descriptionThe remote host is running a version of macOS / Mac OS X that is 10.15.x prior to 10.15.5 Supplemental Update, 10.13.x prior to 10.13.6 Security Update 2020-003. It is, therefore, affected by a remote code execution vulnerability : - An application may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges (CVE-2020-9859) Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the operating system
last seen2020-06-12
modified2020-06-03
plugin id137071
published2020-06-03
reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/137071
titlemacOS 10.15.x < 10.15.5 Supplemental Update / 10.13.x < 10.13.6 Security Update 2020-003
code
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#

include('compat.inc');

if (description)
{
  script_id(137071);
  script_version("1.4");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2020/07/17");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2020-9859");
  script_xref(name:"APPLE-SA", value:"HT211215");
  script_xref(name:"APPLE-SA", value:"APPLE-SA-2020-05-30");
  script_xref(name:"IAVA", value:"2020-A-0227-S");

  script_name(english:"macOS 10.15.x < 10.15.5 Supplemental Update / 10.13.x < 10.13.6 Security Update 2020-003");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote host is missing a macOS or Mac OS X security update or supplemental update that fixes a remote code execution vulnerability");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The remote host is running a version of macOS / Mac OS X that is 10.15.x prior to 10.15.5 Supplemental Update, 10.13.x
prior to 10.13.6 Security Update 2020-003. It is, therefore, affected by a remote code execution vulnerability :

  - An application may be able to execute arbitrary code
    with kernel privileges (CVE-2020-9859)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the operating system's self-reported
version number.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT211215");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Upgrade to macOS 10.15.x < 10.15.5 Supplemental Update / 10.13.x < 10.13.6 Security Update 2020-003 or later");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
  script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C");
  script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");
  script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2020-9859");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2020/05/30");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2020/05/30");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2020/06/03");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:apple:mac_os_x");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:apple:macos");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"stig_severity", value:"I");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_family(english:"MacOS X Local Security Checks");

  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
  script_require_ports("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/MacOSX/Version", "Host/MacOSX/packages/boms");

  exit(0);
}

include('vcf.inc');
include('lists.inc');
include('vcf_extras_apple.inc');

app_info = vcf::apple::macos::get_app_info();

constraints = [
  { 'min_version' : '10.15', 'max_version' : '10.15.5', 'fixed_build' : '19F101', 'fixed_display' : '10.15.5 Supplemental Update' },
  { 'min_version' : '10.13', 'max_version' : '10.13.6', 'fixed_build' : '17G13035', 'fixed_display' : '10.13.6 Security Update 2020-003' }
];

vcf::apple::macos::check_version_and_report(app_info:app_info, constraints:constraints, severity:SECURITY_HOLE);