Vulnerability record · CVE-2020-14977 · published 23 June 2020
CVE-2020-14977: F-secure safe vulnerability
F Secure · Safe
An issue was discovered in F-Secure SAFE 17.7 on macOS. The XPC services use the PID to identify the connecting client, which allows an attacker to perform a PID reuse attack and connect to a privileged XPC service, and execute privileged commands on the system. NOTE: the attacker needs to execute code on an already compromised machine.
Description
An issue was discovered in F-Secure SAFE 17.7 on macOS. The XPC services use the PID to identify the connecting client, which allows an attacker to perform a PID reuse attack and connect to a privileged XPC service, and execute privileged commands on the system. NOTE: the attacker needs to execute code on an already compromised machine.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected products
1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.
References
| Link | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://theevilbit.github.io/posts/ | ExploitThird Party Advisory |
| https://www.f-secure.com/en/business/programs/vulnerability-reward-program/hall-of-fame | Vendor Advisory |
| https://www.f-secure.com/en/home/products/safe | Vendor Advisory |
| https://theevilbit.github.io/posts/ | ExploitThird Party Advisory |
| https://www.f-secure.com/en/business/programs/vulnerability-reward-program/hall-of-fame | Vendor Advisory |
| https://www.f-secure.com/en/home/products/safe | Vendor Advisory |
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Related vulnerabilities
Same products first, then exploited flaws of the same weakness class.
Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2020-14977), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-27). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.
