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Medium severity5.5NVD Advisory· Published Apr 2, 2017· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2017-2390

CVE-2017-2390

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.

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Affected products

8
  • Apple Inc./Iphone OS
    cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Range: <=10.2.1
  • Apple Inc./Mac OS X
    cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Range: <=10.12.3
  • Apple Inc./tvOS2 versions
    cpe:2.3:o:apple:tvos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
    • cpe:2.3:o:apple:tvos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <=10.1.1
    • (no CPE)range: <10.2
  • Apple Inc./watchOS2 versions
    cpe:2.3:o:apple:watchos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
    • cpe:2.3:o:apple:watchos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <=3.1.3
    • (no CPE)range: <3.2
  • Apple Inc./macOSllm-fuzzy
    Range: <10.12.4
  • Apple Inc./iOSllm-fuzzy
    Range: <10.3

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