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CVE-2013-2142

N/A
Published: January 19, 2014 at 04:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 11:52 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLibimobiledevice

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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.3%

Description

userpref.c in libimobiledevice 1.1.4, when $HOME and $XDG_CONFIG_HOME are not set, allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on (1) HostCertificate.pem, (2) HostPrivateKey.pem, (3) libimobiledevicerc, (4) RootCertificate.pem, or (5) RootPrivateKey.pem in /tmp/root/.config/libimobiledevice/.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Remediation

No guide yet

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Patch and advisory references

References (4)

x_refsource_CONFIRM
Source: [email protected]
http://libiphone.lighthouseapp.com/projects/27916-libiphone/tickets/331-insecure-tmp-directory-use
Mailing Listx_refsource_MLIST
Source: [email protected]
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/06/04/11
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
Source: [email protected]
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1927-1
x_refsource_CONFIRMExploit
Source: [email protected]
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/%2Bsource/libimobiledevice/%2Bbug/1164263

CVSS

3.3LOW[email protected]
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
PARTIAL
Availability
PARTIAL
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-59

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