CVE-2020-3835 — Link Following in Apple Macos

CWE-59 — Link Following2 documents2 sources
Severity
4.4MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.1%
top 66.57%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
Apple MacosApple MAC OS X
Timeline
PublishedFeb 27
Latest updateMay 24

Description

A validation issue existed in the handling of symlinks. This issue was addressed with improved validation of symlinks. This issue is fixed in macOS Catalina 10.15.3. A malicious application may be able to access restricted files.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:NExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 2.5

Affected Packages2 packages

▶CVEListV5apple/macosunspecified — macOS Catalina 10.15.3
▶NVDapple/mac_os_x< 10.15.3

🔴Vulnerability Details

1
GHSA
GHSA-ff36-9fww-2r59: A validation issue existed in the handling of symlinks↗2022-05-24
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