CVE-2024-44258 (GCVE-0-2024-44258)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2024-10-28 21:07
Modified
2024-11-06 13:41
Severity ?
7.1 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • Restoring a maliciously crafted backup file may lead to modification of protected system files
Summary
This issue was addressed with improved handling of symlinks. This issue is fixed in iOS 18.1 and iPadOS 18.1, iOS 17.7.1 and iPadOS 17.7.1, visionOS 2.1, tvOS 18.1. Restoring a maliciously crafted backup file may lead to modification of protected system files.
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Apple visionOS Version: unspecified   < 2.1
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   Apple iOS and iPadOS Version: unspecified   < 17.7
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   Apple tvOS Version: unspecified   < 18.1
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   Apple iOS and iPadOS Version: unspecified   < 18.1
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