Vulnerability · Published Oct 28, 2024 · Assigned by apple

CVE-2024-44258

High 7.1

In plain English

A high-severity security flaw in iOS and iPadOS from Apple. Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.8% (higher than 55% of all known vulnerabilities). Ready-made attack tooling exists: public proof-of-concept code.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)7.1High

Exploit odds (30 days)0.8%top 44.8% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: poc

Attack tooling1Public PoC

Official description

This issue was addressed with improved handling of symlinks. This issue is fixed in iOS 17.7.1 and iPadOS 17.7.1, iOS 18.1 and iPadOS 18.1, tvOS 18.1, visionOS 2.1. Restoring a maliciously crafted backup file may lead to modification of protected system files.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
Apple	iOS and iPadOS	0 – before 17.7.10 – before 18.1
Apple	tvOS	0 – before 18.1
Apple	visionOS	0 – before 2.1

Weakness: CWE-59 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H

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Official description

Affected products (as reported)

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