CVE-2013-0979

Severity: low (CVSS 1.9 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2013-03-20 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-264

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 products

Apple Iphone Os: through 6.1.2; 1.0.0, 1.0.1, 1.0.2, 1.1.0, 1.1.1, 1.1.2 (+39)

References

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2013/Mar/msg00004.html
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5704
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2013/Mar/msg00004.html
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5704

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