Threats / Apple / CVE-2020-27932
CVE-2020-27932
· EUVD no mirror located
· GCVE no mirror located
Verified 2026-06-22
Apple Multiple Products vulnerability
Type confusion vulnerability in Apple's operating systems allows malicious applications to execute code with kernel privileges, potentially compromising system security.
Verdict
Today item — known-exploited.
A type confusion flaw in iOS, iPadOS, macOS, and watchOS enables privilege escalation from user-level application context to kernel execution. Active exploitation in the wild demonstrates practical attack viability.
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Is it exploitable?
— the evidence, ranked above the scoreReported exploitation
5 independent public reports of in-the-wild exploitation are cataloged.Distinct reporting sources (vendor, incident response, government); open them for the underlying claims.
Exploited in the wild
Listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog (added 2021-11-03).
Probability (EPSS)
EPSS 0.10337 — modeled likelihood of exploitation activity.EPSS is a daily-changing model output — open the source for today's value.
Severity / affected
Affected: Apple, Multiple Products. Confirm exact fixed builds in the vendor advisory.
Weakness (CWE)
Mapped to CWE-843 Type Confusion — weakness family: Memory safety.CWE assignment from the public NVD record; the weakness class drives how the flaw is exploited.
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Who’s exploiting it?
— attribution turns risk into urgencyAttribution not established
No confirmed (advisory-backed) threat-actor attribution is established for this record. Absence of a named actor is not absence of compromise — see Coverage & confidence.
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Why it matters
— the attack path, told twice: adversary, then board1
Front door — unauthenticated access narrative 1
Attacker
I craft a malicious application that exploits type confusion in memory handling to trigger unexpected code paths.
Business
User device security is compromised as the application gains unauthorized kernel-level access.
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Keys to the kingdom — privilege/identity takeover narrative 2
Attacker
I leverage kernel execution privileges to bypass security controls and modify system behavior without detection.
Business
Enterprise device management and security policies become ineffective, exposing sensitive data and systems.
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Lateral reach — past segmentation narrative 3
Attacker
I persist malicious code at the kernel level, surviving application uninstallation and OS updates.
Business
Long-term compromise of affected devices creates ongoing liability and potential regulatory violations.
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What to do
— defensible action- Remediate per the vendor advisory — confirm the fixed build for your version and verify exposure.1
Say it to the boardA vulnerability with this evidence profile is a defensible budget line, not a backlog ticket — fund the change against the proof above.
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