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CVE-2014-4480

25
FAUCET Score

CVE-2014-4480 describes a directory traversal vulnerability in the afc component of AppleFileConduit, affecting Apple iOS before version 8.1.3 and Apple TV before 7.0.3. This flaw allows an attacker to access unintended filesystem locations by creating a symlink. With a CVSS score of 10.0, this vulnerability is critical, indicating a network-based attack with low complexity that could lead to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its high severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 8.1.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
<= 7.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:tvos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

10.0HIGH

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
10.0
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.80%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
85.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0280 is in the 73rd percentile among its peer group of 51,551 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Patches (1)

applevendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch

References

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