Vulnerability · Published Feb 27, 2020 · Assigned by apple
CVE-2020-3830
Low 3.3
In plain English
A low-severity security flaw in macOS from Apple. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.3% (higher than 26% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS NVD)3.3Low
Exploit odds (30 days)0.3%top 74.2% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
A validation issue existed in the handling of symlinks. This issue was addressed with improved validation of symlinks. This issue is fixed in macOS Catalina 10.15.3. A malicious application may be able to overwrite arbitrary files.
Affected products (as reported)
References
- https://support.apple.com/HT210919 x_refsource_MISC