PT-2020-17729 · Apple · Apple Macos

Csaba Fitzl + 1 · Published 2020-02-27 · Updated 2020-03-21 · CVE-2020-3835

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

4.4

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions macOS versions prior to 10.15.3

Description A validation issue existed in the handling of symlinks, which could allow a malicious application to access restricted files. This issue was addressed with improved validation of symlinks.

Recommendations For versions prior to 10.15.3, update to macOS Catalina 10.15.3 to resolve the issue.

Fix

Link Following

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-59

Related Identifiers

CVE-2020-3835

Affected Products

Apple Macos

References · 4

• https://support.apple.com/HT210919 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-3835 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-3835 · Vendor Advisory
• https://t.me/cybersecuritytechnologies/832 · Telegram Post