CVE-2016-4679

medium

Description

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.

References

https://support.apple.com/HT207275

https://support.apple.com/HT207271

https://support.apple.com/HT207270

https://support.apple.com/HT207269

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037086

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93849

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2017-02-20

Updated: 2019-03-22

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 5.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Severity: Medium