High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Dec 8, 2020· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2020-27903

Description

This issue was addressed by removing the vulnerable code. This issue is fixed in macOS Big Sur 11.0.1. An application may be able to gain elevated privileges.

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Affected products

Apple Inc./macOS Big Surllm-fuzzy
Range: <11.0.1
Apple Inc./macOSv5
Range: unspecified

Patches

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References

seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/Dec/26nvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/Dec/32nvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
support.apple.com/en-us/HT211931nvdVendor Advisory
support.apple.com/kb/HT212011nvdVendor Advisory

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