An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. iOS before 10.1 is affected. macOS before 10.12.1 is affected. tvOS before 10.0.1 is affected. watchOS before 3.1 is affected. The issue involves the "libarchive" component, which allows remote attackers to write to arbitrary files via a crafted archive containing a symlink.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: apple

Published: 2017-02-20T08:35:00

Updated: 2024-08-06T00:39:26.021Z

Reserved: 2016-05-11T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2016-4679

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2017-02-20T08:59:00.807

Modified: 2024-11-21T02:52:45.343

Link: CVE-2016-4679

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