An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. iOS before 10.1 is affected. macOS before 10.12.1 is affected. tvOS before 10.0.1 is affected. watchOS before 3.1 is affected. The issue involves the "libarchive" component, which allows remote attackers to write to arbitrary files via a crafted archive containing a symlink.
                
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 MITRE
                        MITRE
                    Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: apple
Published: 2017-02-20T08:35:00
Updated: 2024-08-06T00:39:26.021Z
Reserved: 2016-05-11T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2016-4679
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 NVD
                        NVD
                    Status : Deferred
Published: 2017-02-20T08:59:00.807
Modified: 2025-04-20T01:37:25.860
Link: CVE-2016-4679
 Redhat
                        Redhat
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