CVE-2020-14977: f-secure safe
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2020-14977 is a high (CVSS 9.3) vulnerability in f-secure safe. EPSS estimates a 3.13% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 87.6% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.
Timeline
- 23-06-2020PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 04-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
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 metrics
2 scores · 1 source · 2 versionsEPSS trend
Probability
3.13%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
88%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
+0.35 pp
From 2.78% on 19-09-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.
Public exploits
1 foundExploit Reference (theevilbit.github.io)
Maturity: unknown
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeNo weakness data has been published for this record.
Affected systems
F-secure1 product
- safe17.7
1 vendor · 1 product
References
3 links- www.f-secure.com/en/business/programs/vulnerability-reward-program/hall-of-fameX Refsource MISCVendor Advisory