CVE-2020-27896

MEDIUM

macOS 10.14.0-10.14.5 and 11.0 - Path Traversal and Arbitrary File Write

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

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.

References (4)

Core 4
Core References
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT211931
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT212011
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_fulldisc
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/Dec/32
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_fulldisc
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/Dec/26

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0143
EPSS Percentile 69.7%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Details

CWE
CWE-22
Status published
Products (4)
apple/mac_os_x 10.14.6 (13 CPE variants)
apple/mac_os_x 10.15.7 (2 CPE variants)
apple/mac_os_x 10.14.0 - 10.14.6
apple/macos 11.0 - 11.0.1
Published Dec 08, 2020
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026