CVE-2020-10003 — Link Following in Apple IOS AND Ipados

CWE-59 — Link Following4 documents4 sources
Severity
7.8HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.2%
top 60.78%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
7
Apple IOS AND IpadosApple MacosApple Tvos+4 more
Timeline
PublishedDec 8
Latest updateMay 24

Description

An issue existed within the path validation logic for symlinks. This issue was addressed with improved path sanitization. This issue is fixed in macOS Big Sur 11.0.1, iOS 14.2 and iPadOS 14.2, tvOS 14.2, watchOS 7.1. A local attacker may be able to elevate their privileges.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages9 packages

▶CVEListV5apple/tvosunspecified — 14.2
▶NVDapple/tvos< 14.2
▶CVEListV5apple/macosunspecified — 11.0
▶NVDapple/ipados< 14.2
▶CVEListV5apple/watchosunspecified — 7.1

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-9wg8-9g4x-8c9p: An issue existed within the path validation logic for symlinks↗2022-05-24
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CVEList
CVE-2020-10003: An issue existed within the path validation logic for symlinks↗2020-12-08
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📋Vendor Advisories

1
Apple
CVE-2020-10003: iOS 14.2 and iPadOS 14.2↗2020-11-05
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