CVEvulnerability
CVE-2024-44258
7.1 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2024-10-28
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 7.1 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 3.1 (134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0)
- 7.1 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-59
Description
This issue was addressed with improved handling of symlinks. This issue is fixed in iOS 17.7.1 and iPadOS 17.7.1, iOS 18.1 and iPadOS 18.1, tvOS 18.1, visionOS 2.1. Restoring a maliciously crafted backup file may lead to modification of protected system files.
Affected configurations
• apple ipados (< 17.7.1)
• apple ipados (>= 18.0 < 18.1)
• apple iphone os (< 17.7.1)
• apple iphone os (>= 18.0 < 18.1)
• apple tvos (< 18.1)
• apple visionos (< 2.1)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-59 Improper Link Resolution Before File Access weakness
References
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/121563 Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/121566 Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/121567 Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/121569 Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Oct/10 seclists.org
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Oct/15 seclists.org
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Oct/16 seclists.org
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Oct/9 seclists.org