description: This issue was addressed with improved handling of symlinks. This issue is fixed in watchOS 10.1, macOS Sonoma 14.1, tvOS 17.1, iOS 16.7.2 and iPadOS 16.7.2, iOS 17.1 and iPadOS 17.1, macOS Ventura 13.6.1. A malicious app may be able to gain root privileges.
problem types: A malicious app may be able to gain root privileges
affected:
{
vendor: Apple
product: iOS and iPadOS
versions:
version: unspecified, status: affected, lessThan: 16.7, versionType: custom
}
{
vendor: Apple
product: tvOS
versions:
version: unspecified, status: affected, lessThan: 17.1, versionType: custom
}
{
vendor: Apple
product: macOS
versions:
version: unspecified, status: affected, lessThan: 14.1, versionType: custom
}
{
vendor: Apple
product: watchOS
versions:
version: unspecified, status: affected, lessThan: 10.1, versionType: custom
}
{
vendor: Apple
product: macOS
versions:
version: unspecified, status: affected, lessThan: 13.6, versionType: custom
}
{
vendor: Apple
product: iOS and iPadOS
versions:
version: unspecified, status: affected, lessThan: 17.1, versionType: custom
}
