PT-2017-1754 · Apple · Ios+4

Omer Medan · Published 2017-04-02 · Updated 2019-10-03 · CVE-2017-2390

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.5

Medium

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions iOS versions prior to 10.3 macOS versions prior to 10.12.4 tvOS versions prior to 10.2 watchOS versions prior to 3.2

Description The issue involves symlink mishandling in the libarchive component, allowing local users to change arbitrary directory permissions via unspecified vectors. This is related to insufficient access control in the libarchive component of the operating systems.

Recommendations For iOS versions prior to 10.3, update to version 10.3 or later. For macOS versions prior to 10.12.4, update to version 10.12.4 or later. For tvOS versions prior to 10.2, update to version 10.2 or later. For watchOS versions prior to 3.2, update to version 3.2 or later.

Fix

Link Following

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-59

CWE-264

Related Identifiers

BDU:2017-00910

CVE-2017-2390

Affected Products

Ios

Libarchive

Apple Macos

Tvos

Watchos

References · 9

• https://support.apple.com/HT207615 · Vendor Advisory
• https://support.apple.com/HT207602 · Vendor Advisory
• https://support.apple.com/HT207601 · Vendor Advisory
• https://support.apple.com/HT207617 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2017-00910 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-2390 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-2390 · Security Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/97137 · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1038138 · Note