01 Record
CVE-2020-27900
An issue existed in the handling of snapshots. The issue was resolved with improved permissions logic. This issue is fixed in macOS Big Sur 11.0.1. A malicious application may be able to preview files
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: apple
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
An issue existed in the handling of snapshots. The issue was resolved with improved permissions logic. This issue is fixed in macOS Big Sur 11.0.1. A malicious application may be able to preview files
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 0.95% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 61.0% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 5.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2020-12-08 20:06Z5 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-04 16:25Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2020-10-27
- Assigning CNA
- apple
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- No CWE assigned
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 5f6f8963fec780fbe81e9e3a3616f0b5bdbef22608ecd519b361e515ba268e3d
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- support.apple.comhttps://support.apple.com/en-us/HT211931
- seclists.org20201215 APPLE-SA-2020-12-14-4 Additional information for APPLE-SA-2020-11-13-1 macOS Big Sur 11.0.1http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/Dec/32