This issue was addressed with improved entitlements.

published 2021-04-02 5y ago modified 2026-06-17 4mo ago also EUVD-2020-21981

cvss: 7.8; version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.7%; EPSS 0.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 52%
public exploits: 0; none known

This issue was addressed with improved entitlements. This issue is fixed in macOS Big Sur 11.1, Security Update 2020-001 Catalina, Security Update 2020-007 Mojave. A malicious application may be able to elevate privileges.

Patch / fix

fixed in 1

Apple macOS 11.1

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Exploit prediction

0.67% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 52% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
NVD	3.1	7.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD	2.0	6.8	AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected products

Apple macOS

Classification

Weakness

CWE-269 Improper Privilege Management

References

support.apple.com /en-us/HT212011
vendor-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2020-29620
NVD CVE-2020-29620

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