Apple Safari: A malicious process may cause Safari to launch an application
Priority LOW 27Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Low · Low · Low
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
A logic issue was addressed with improved restrictions. This issue is fixed in Safari 13.1.1. A malicious process may cause Safari to launch an application.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.01382 72nd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed Safari (Apple): Safari 13.1.1
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Safari (Apple) Fixed in Safari 13.1.1
Fixed in the same release
Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.
- Release ·
Apple Safari Safari 13.1.1
9 records Highest priority Priority HIGH 1 HIGH, 5 MEDIUM, 3 LOW
Other records, highest priority first
- TI-2020-07926 Apple iOS: A remote attacker may be able to cause arbitrary code executionPriority HIGH 81
- TI-2020-07880 Apple iOS: Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to arbitrary code executionPriority MEDIUM 51
- TI-2020-07885 Out-of-bounds write in Apple iOSPriority MEDIUM 42
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2020-9801
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-96jg-rxgq-fg5c
References
Advisory 1
More Apple Safari vulnerabilities
- TI-2025-17951 Out-of-bounds write in Apple Safari KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 10.0
- TI-2025-28228 Use after free in Apple Safari KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2025-22512 Memory corruption in Apple Safari KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2025-12953 Memory corruption in Google Chrome KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2025-05957 Improper input validation in Google Chrome KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2024-29863 Apple Safari: Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to arbitrary code… KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
Sources
- CVE-2020-9801 · CVE Program
- CVE-2020-9801 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-96jg-rxgq-fg5c · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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