CVEvulnerability
CVE-2020-27896
5.5 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2020-12-08
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 5.5 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 4.3 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-22
Description
A path handling issue was addressed with improved validation. This issue is fixed in macOS Big Sur 11.0.1. A remote attacker may be able to modify the file system.
Affected configurations
• apple mac os x (>= 10.14.0 < 10.14.6)
• apple mac os x (>= 10.15.0 < 10.15.7)
• apple mac os x 10.14.6
• apple mac os x 10.15.7
• apple macos (>= 11.0 < 11.0.1)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory weakness
References
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/Dec/26 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/Dec/32 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT211931 Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT212011 Vendor Advisory
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/Dec/26 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/Dec/32 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT211931 Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT212011 Vendor Advisory