CVE-2015-5752
medium
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
5.0
Description
Backup in Apple iOS before 8.4.1 allows attackers to bypass intended restrictions on filesystem access via a crafted app that creates a symlink.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.
✚ Propose a mitigation on Community → Mitigations published via the community go through AI scoring + 2 human reviewers + 7-day silent objection window before landing here withsource_tier=community-verified.
OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| macos | affected | |
References
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Aug/msg00002.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76337
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033275
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT205030
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Aug/msg00002.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76337
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033275
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT205030
CWEs
CWE-59
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.