CVE-2013-0979
N/A
Published: March 20, 2013 at 02:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 11:50 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendoriPhone OS
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.3%
Description
lockdownd in Lockdown in Apple iOS before 6.1.3 does not properly consider file types during the permission-setting step of a backup restoration, which allows local users to change the permissions of arbitrary files via a backup that contains a pathname with a symlink.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (2)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_APPLE
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2013/Mar/msg00004.htmlQuick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-264
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