Vulnerability in Apple Mac OS X
CVE-2020-6574
Insufficient policy enforcement in installer in Google Chrome on OS X prior to 85.0.4183.102 allowed a local attacker to potentially achieve privilege escalation via a crafted binary.
Published · last modified .
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.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.004 (27.1th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 27th percentile — 27.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Apple Mac OS X
- Google Chrome — versions unspecified
- Debian Linux — versions 10.0
- Fedoraproject Fedora — versions 31, 33
- openSUSE Backports Sle — versions 15.0
- openSUSE Leap — versions 15.1, 15.2
References
- chromereleases.googleblog.com/2020/09/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html (Release Notes, Vendor Advisory)
- crbug.com/1102196 (Permissions Required, Vendor Advisory)
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-09/msg00072.html (vendor-advisory, Patch, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-09/msg00078.html (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-09/msg00081.html (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/… (vendor-advisory)
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/… (vendor-advisory)
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00049.html (vendor-advisory, Broken Link)
- www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4824 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2020-6574?
- CVE-2020-6574 is a high-severity vulnerability in Apple Mac OS X. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2020-09-21.
- How severe is CVE-2020-6574?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.