What is CVE-2020-5180?

CVE-2020-5180 is a high-severity vulnerability in Apple Macos. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2020-01-14.

How severe is CVE-2020-5180?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Apple Macos

CVE-2020-5180

Viscosity 1.8.2 on Windows and macOS allows an unprivileged user to set a subset of OpenVPN parameters, which can be used to load a malicious library into the memory of the OpenVPN process, leading to limited local privilege escalation. (W…

EPSS: 0.004 (32.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Apple Macos
Microsoft Windows
Sparklabs Viscosity — versions 1.8.2
N/a — versions n/a

References

cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Release Notes, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-5180?: CVE-2020-5180 is a high-severity vulnerability in Apple Macos. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2020-01-14.
How severe is CVE-2020-5180?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.