CVEvulnerability
CVE-2013-2142
3.3 LOW
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2014-01-19
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 3.3 LOW — AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-59
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 configurations
• libimobiledevice libimobiledevice 1.1.4
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-59 Improper Link Resolution Before File Access weakness
References
- http://libiphone.lighthouseapp.com/projects/27916-libiphone/tickets/331-insecure-tmp-directory-use libiphone.lighthouseapp.com
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/06/04/11 www.openwall.com
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1927-1 www.ubuntu.com
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/%2Bsource/libimobiledevice/%2Bbug/1164263 Exploit
- http://libiphone.lighthouseapp.com/projects/27916-libiphone/tickets/331-insecure-tmp-directory-use libiphone.lighthouseapp.com
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/06/04/11 www.openwall.com
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1927-1 www.ubuntu.com
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/%2Bsource/libimobiledevice/%2Bbug/1164263 Exploit