CVE-2020-10003

HighCVSS 7.8/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

An issue existed within the path validation logic for symlinks. This issue was addressed with improved path sanitization. This issue is fixed in macOS Big Sur 11.0.1, iOS 14.2 and iPadOS 14.2, tvOS 14.2, watchOS 7.1. A local attacker may be able to elevate their privileges.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 7.8/10CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-59

Affected software

VendorProductVersions
ApplewatchOS>= unspecified, < 7.1
AppleiOS and iPadOS>= unspecified, < 14.2
AppletvOS>= unspecified, < 14.2
ApplemacOS>= unspecified, < 11.0

References

Timeline

Published
Dec 8, 2020
Last modified
Jun 17, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2020-10003: High severity, CVSS 7.8 | Vulnix