CVE-2025-24104

State: Published
Severity: 5.5 Medium
Published: Jan 27, 2025
Updated: Apr 2, 2026
Reserved: Jan 17, 2025

Description

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

Scores

CVSS	Score	Vector	Source
3.1	5.5 Medium	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N	CISA-ADP

Weaknesses

CWE-59 Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')

Affected Products

Product	Versions
iOS and iPadOSApple	before 18.3Affected
iPadOSApple	before 17.7.4Affected

References

https://support.apple.com/en-us/122066
https://support.apple.com/en-us/122067
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Jan/14

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