CVE-2020-14978

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.

• https://theevilbit.github.io/posts/Exploit, Third Party Advisory
• https://www.f-secure.com/en/business/programs/vulnerability-reward-program/hall-of-fameVendor Advisory
• https://www.f-secure.com/en/home/products/safeVendor Advisory
• https://theevilbit.github.io/posts/Exploit, Third Party Advisory
• https://www.f-secure.com/en/business/programs/vulnerability-reward-program/hall-of-fameVendor Advisory
• https://www.f-secure.com/en/home/products/safeVendor Advisory

Published

Jun 23, 2020

Last Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Status

Modified

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