An issue was discovered in F-Secure SAFE 17.7 on macOS.

published 2020-06-23 6y ago modified 2026-06-17 4mo ago also EUVD-2020-7108

cvss: 8.1; version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 3.2%; EPSS 3.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 88%
public exploits: 0; none known

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.

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Exploit prediction

3.22% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 88% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

theevilbit.github.io https://theevilbit.github.io/posts/ referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
NVD	3.1	8.1	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD	2.0	9.3	AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

References

theevilbit.github.io /posts/
exploit, third-party-advisory
f-secure.com /en/home/products/safe
vendor-advisory
f-secure.com /en/business/programs/vulnerability-reward-program/hall-of-fame
vendor-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2020-14978
NVD CVE-2020-14978

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