CVE-2014-4372 - Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')

Severity

36%

Complexity

39%

Confidentiality

81%

syslogd in the syslog subsystem in Apple iOS before 8 and Apple TV before 7 allows local users to change the permissions of arbitrary files via a symlink attack on an unspecified file.

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 3.6. CVSS Attack Vector: local. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P).

Overview

Type

Apple

First reported 10 years ago

2014-09-18 10:55:00

Last updated 5 years ago

2019-03-08 16:06:00

Affected Software

Apple tvOS 6.0

6.0

Apple tvOS 6.0.1

6.0.1

Apple tvOS 6.0.2

6.0.2

Apple tvOS 6.1

6.1

Apple tvOS 6.1.1

6.1.1

Apple tvOS 6.1.2

6.1.2

Apple iPhone OS 7.0

7.0

Apple iPhone OS 7.0.1

7.0.1

Apple iPhone OS 7.0.2

7.0.2

Apple iPhone OS 7.0.3

7.0.3

Apple iPhone OS 7.0.4

7.0.4

Apple iPhone OS 7.0.5

7.0.5

Apple iPhone OS 7.0.6

7.0.6

Apple iPhone OS 7.1

7.1

Apple iPhone OS 7.1.1

7.1.1

References

APPLE-SA-2014-09-17-1

APPLE-SA-2014-09-17-2

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT6441

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT6442

69882

69923

1030866

appleios-cve20144372-symlink(96082)

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