CVE-2020-9934 (GCVE-0-2020-9934)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2020-10-16 16:51
Modified
2025-07-30 01:45
Severity ?
5.5 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CWE
  • A local user may be able to view sensitive user information
Summary
An issue existed in the handling of environment variables. This issue was addressed with improved validation. This issue is fixed in iOS 13.6 and iPadOS 13.6, macOS Catalina 10.15.6. A local user may be able to view sensitive user information.
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Apple iOS Version: unspecified   < iOS 13.6 and iPadOS 13.6
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   Apple macOS Version: unspecified   < macOS Catalina 10.15.6
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CISA Known exploited vulnerability
Data from the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog

Date added: 2022-09-08

Due date: 2022-09-29

Required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Used in ransomware: Unknown

Notes: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT211288, https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT211289; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-9934

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