PT-2015-7437 · Apple · Libarchive+1

Christopher Crone + 1 · Published 2015-10-23 · Updated 2015-10-26 · CVE-2015-6984

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

8.8

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions libarchive in Apple OS X versions prior to 10.11.1

Description The issue allows attackers to write to arbitrary files via a crafted app that conducts an unspecified symlink attack.

Recommendations For libarchive in Apple OS X versions prior to 10.11.1, update to version 10.11.1 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

Improper Access Control

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-284

Related Identifiers

CVE-2015-6984

Affected Products

Os X

Libarchive

References · 3

• https://support.apple.com/HT205375 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-6984 · Security Note
• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Oct/msg00005.html · Vendor Advisory