Medium severity5.5NVD Advisory· Published Feb 20, 2017· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2016-4679

Description

An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. iOS before 10.1 is affected. macOS before 10.12.1 is affected. tvOS before 10.0.1 is affected. watchOS before 3.1 is affected. The issue involves the "libarchive" component, which allows remote attackers to write to arbitrary files via a crafted archive containing a symlink.

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Affected products

Apple Inc./Iphone OS
cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Range: <10.1
Apple Inc./Mac OS X
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Range: <10.12.1
Apple Inc./tvOS
cpe:2.3:o:apple:tvos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Range: <10.0.1
Apple Inc./watchOS
cpe:2.3:o:apple:watchos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Range: <3.1
Apple Inc./libarchivellm-fuzzy
Range: <10.0.1
Apple Inc./macOSllm-fuzzy
Range: <10.12.1
Apple Inc./iOSllm-fuzzy
Range: <10.1

Patches

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References

www.securityfocus.com/bid/93849nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
www.securitytracker.com/id/1037086nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
support.apple.com/HT207269nvdVendor Advisory
support.apple.com/HT207270nvdVendor Advisory
support.apple.com/HT207271nvdVendor Advisory
support.apple.com/HT207275nvdVendor Advisory

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