Arbitrary code execution via insufficient WebKit restrictions
Published Jun 9, 2020 · Updated May 5, 2025
A WebKit logic issue in affected Apple products allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code through maliciously crafted web content. Apple identifies the locus only as WebKit and states that inadequate restrictions permit crafted content to reach code execution; no finer-grained operation is public. Exploitation requires the target to process attacker-controlled web content and therefore requires user interaction or another content-loading path.
Summary
What happened
A WebKit logic issue in affected Apple products allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code through maliciously crafted web content. Apple identifies the locus only as WebKit and states that inadequate restrictions permit crafted content to reach code execution; no finer-grained operation is public. Exploitation requires the target to process attacker-controlled web content and therefore requires user interaction or another content-loading path.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2020-9802
- Published
- Jun 9, 2020
- Updated
- May 5, 2025
- Vendor
- Apple
- Product
- iOS
- Classifications
- T1203
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Jun 9, 2020CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- May 5, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
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- Affected versionversion=unspecified <iOS 13.5 and iPadOS 13.5
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What is affected?
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