High severity · published Oct 16, 2020
CVE-2020-9992
This issue was addressed by encrypting communications over the network to devices running iOS 14, iPadOS 14, tvOS 14, and watchOS 7
7.8
CVSS
3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
This issue was addressed by encrypting communications over the network to devices running iOS 14, iPadOS 14, tvOS 14, and watchOS 7. This issue is fixed in iOS 14.0 and iPadOS 14.0, Xcode 12.0. An attacker in a privileged network position may be able to execute arbitrary code on a paired device during a debug session over the network.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)3.0% · higher than 87% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
IO
iOS · Apple
before 14.0 · source: NVD
XC
Xcode · Apple
before 12.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-9992
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-9992
Mailing List
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/Nov/20
Release Notes
https://support.apple.com/HT211848
Release Notes
https://support.apple.com/HT211850
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