CVE-2020-3835 (GCVE-0-2020-3835)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2020-02-27 20:45
Modified
2024-08-04 07:44
Severity ?
CWE
  • A malicious application may be able to access restricted files
Summary
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 access restricted files.
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Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Apple macOS Version: unspecified   < macOS Catalina 10.15.3
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