CVE-2014-4480

Severity: critical (CVSS 10.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2015-01-30 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-59

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in afc in AppleFileConduit in Apple iOS before 8.1.3 and Apple TV before 7.0.3 allows attackers to access unintended filesystem locations by creating a symlink.

Affected products

Apple Iphone Os: through 8.1.2
Apple tvOS: through 7.0.1

References

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Jan/msg00000.html
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Jan/msg00001.html
http://support.apple.com/HT204245
http://support.apple.com/HT204246
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72334
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031652
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Jan/msg00000.html
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Jan/msg00001.html
http://support.apple.com/HT204245
http://support.apple.com/HT204246
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72334
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031652

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