CVE-2015-6984 - Improper Access Control

Severity

88%

Complexity

86%

Confidentiality

153%

libarchive in Apple OS X before 10.11.1 allows attackers to write to arbitrary files via a crafted app that conducts an unspecified symlink attack.

libarchive in Apple OS X before 10.11.1 allows attackers to write to arbitrary files via a crafted app that conducts an unspecified symlink attack.

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 8.8. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: medium. CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:C).

Overview

First reported 9 years ago

2015-10-23 21:59:00

Last updated 9 years ago

2015-10-26 23:47:00

Affected Software

Apple Mac OS X

References

APPLE-SA-2015-10-21-4

Vendor Advisory

https://support.apple.com/HT205375

Vendor Advisory

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