CVE-2014-4372

low

Published 2014-09-18 · Modified 2026-05-06

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CVSS v3

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CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

3.6

Description

syslogd in the syslog subsystem in Apple iOS before 8 and Apple TV before 7 allows local users to change the permissions of arbitrary files via a symlink attack on an unspecified file.

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.

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OS impact

macOS Affected 16 releases

Version	Status	Fixed in
7.1.1	Affected	—
7.1	Affected	—
7.0.6	Affected	—
7.0.5	Affected	—
7.0.4	Affected	—
7.0.3	Affected	—
7.0.2	Affected	—
7.0.1	Affected	—
7.0	Affected	—
6.1.2	Affected	—
6.1.1	Affected	—
6.1	Affected	—
6.0.2	Affected	—
6.0.1	Affected	—
6.0	Affected	—
—	Affected	—

References

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.