CVEvulnerability
CVE-2015-6984
8.8 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2015-10-23
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 8.8 HIGH — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:C
- Weaknesses
- CWE-284
Description
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.
Affected configurations
• apple mac os x (<= 10.11.0)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-284 Improper Access Control weakness
References
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Oct/msg00005.html Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/HT205375 Vendor Advisory
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Oct/msg00005.html Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/HT205375 Vendor Advisory