CVE-2016-4679 (GCVE-0-2016-4679)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-02-20 08:35 – Updated: 2024-08-06 00:39
VLAI
Summary
An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. iOS before 10.1 is affected. macOS before 10.12.1 is affected. tvOS before 10.0.1 is affected. watchOS before 3.1 is affected. The issue involves the "libarchive" component, which allows remote attackers to write to arbitrary files via a crafted archive containing a symlink.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
https://support.apple.com/HT207271 x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037086 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93849 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
https://support.apple.com/HT207269 x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://support.apple.com/HT207270 x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://support.apple.com/HT207275 x_refsource_CONFIRM
Date Public
2017-02-13 00:00
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