CVEvulnerability
CVE-2020-27938
7.8 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2021-04-02
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 7.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 6.8 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-269
Description
A logic issue was addressed with improved state management. This issue is fixed in macOS Big Sur 11.2, Security Update 2021-001 Catalina, Security Update 2021-001 Mojave, macOS Big Sur 11.1, Security Update 2020-001 Catalina, Security Update 2020-007 Mojave. A malicious application may be able to elevate privileges.
Affected configurations
• apple mac os x (< 11.2.0)
• apple mac os x (< 11.1.0)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-269 Improper Privilege Management weakness
References
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212011 Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212147 Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212011 Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212147 Vendor Advisory