Vulnerability in F-Secure Safe
CVE-2020-14977
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.
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CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 8.1 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.031 (87.8th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 88th percentile — 87.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.028 · newest: 0.031 · change: +0.004
Affected products
- F-Secure Safe — versions 17.7
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- www.f-secure.com/en/home/products/safe (Vendor Advisory)
- www.f-secure.com/en/business/programs/vulnerability-reward-program/hall-of-fame (Vendor Advisory)
- theevilbit.github.io/posts/ (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2020-14977?
- CVE-2020-14977 is a high-severity vulnerability in F-Secure Safe. CVSS score: 8.1/10. Published 2020-06-23.
- How severe is CVE-2020-14977?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.1 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2020-14977 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.