CVE-2025-24104 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

This issue was addressed with improved handling of symlinks. This issue is fixed in iPadOS 17.7.4, iOS 18.3 and iPadOS 18.3. Restoring a maliciously crafted backup file may lead to modification of protected system files.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.05138.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Apple	Ipados Iphone Os

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:o:apple:ipados::::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:apple:ipados::::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os::::::::

No data.

No data.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://support.apple.com/en-us/122066
https://support.apple.com/en-us/122067

History

Wed, 05 Feb 2025 15:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Thu, 30 Jan 2025 18:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
First Time appeared		Apple Apple ipados Apple iphone Os
Weaknesses		CWE-59
CPEs		cpe:2.3:o:apple:ipados:::::::: cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os::::::::
Vendors & Products		Apple Apple ipados Apple iphone Os
Metrics		cvssV3_1 `{'score': 5.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N'}`

Mon, 27 Jan 2025 22:00:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Description		This issue was addressed with improved handling of symlinks. This issue is fixed in iPadOS 17.7.4, iOS 18.3 and iPadOS 18.3. Restoring a maliciously crafted backup file may lead to modification of protected system files.
References		https://support.apple.com/en-us/122066 https://support.apple.com/en-us/122067

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: apple

Published: 2025-01-27T21:45:35.220Z

Updated: 2025-02-05T14:56:47.189Z

Reserved: 2025-01-17T00:00:44.968Z

Link: CVE-2025-24104

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-01-28T20:22:15.060Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2025-01-27T22:15:15.983

Modified: 2025-02-05T15:15:22.223

Link: CVE-2025-24104

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

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