CVE-2020-14978: f-secure safe
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2020-14978 is a high (CVSS 9.3) vulnerability in f-secure safe. EPSS estimates a 3.14% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 87.7% 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. Due to incorrect client version verification, an attacker can 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
3.14%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
88%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
+0.03 pp
From 3.11% 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