CVE-2020-9900

State: Published
Severity: Not scored
Published: Oct 22, 2020
Updated: Aug 4, 2024
Reserved: Mar 2, 2020

Description

An issue existed within the path validation logic for symlinks. This issue was addressed with improved path sanitization. This issue is fixed in iOS 13.6 and iPadOS 13.6, macOS Catalina 10.15.6, tvOS 13.4.8, watchOS 6.2.8. A local attacker may be able to elevate their privileges.

Scores

The record has no CVSS score.

Weaknesses

The record names no weakness.

Affected Products

Product	Versions
iOSApple	before iOS 13.6 and iPadOS 13.6Affected
macOSApple	before macOS Catalina 10.15.6Affected
tvOSApple	before tvOS 13.4.8Affected
watchOSApple	before watchOS 6.2.8Affected

References

https://support.apple.com/kb/HT211289
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT211288
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT211290
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT211291

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