What is CVE-2020-26540?

CVE-2020-26540 is a high-severity vulnerability in Apple Macos, classified under Improper Verification of Cryptographic Signature. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2020-10-02.

How severe is CVE-2020-26540?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Apple Macos

CVE-2020-26540

An issue was discovered in Foxit Reader and PhantomPDF before 4.1 on macOS. Because the Hardened Runtime protection mechanism is not applied to code signing, code injection (or an information leak) can occur.

EPSS: 0.007 (48.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Apple Macos
Foxitsoftware Foxit_reader
Foxitsoftware Phantompdf
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-347 — Improper Verification of Cryptographic Signature

References

cve@mitre.org (Patch, x_refsource_MISC, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-26540?: CVE-2020-26540 is a high-severity vulnerability in Apple Macos, classified under Improper Verification of Cryptographic Signature. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2020-10-02.
How severe is CVE-2020-26540?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.