CVE-2017-2390

MediumCVSS 5.5/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. iOS before 10.3 is affected. macOS before 10.12.4 is affected. tvOS before 10.2 is affected. watchOS before 3.2 is affected. The issue involves symlink mishandling in the "libarchive" component. It allows local users to change arbitrary directory permissions via unspecified vectors.

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 5.5/10CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Weakness enumeration

CWE-59

Affected software

VendorProductVersions
n/an/an/a

References

Timeline

Published
Apr 2, 2017
Last modified
Jun 17, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2017-2390: Medium severity, CVSS 5.5 | Vulnix