CVE-2017-2390

5.5 mediumEPSS 0.4%

Medium (5.5) in apple. EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Severity

CVSS 3.0

5.5 medium

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

EPSS: 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 31% of CVEs (scores of 2026-11-01)
CWE: CWE-59
Published: 2017-04-02
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

apple:iphone_os
apple:mac_os_x
apple:tvos
apple:watchos

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97137
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038138
https://support.apple.com/HT207601
https://support.apple.com/HT207602
https://support.apple.com/HT207615

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