CVE-2013-2142

Severity: low (CVSS 3.3 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: yes
Published: 2014-01-19 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: 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 products

Libimobiledevice: 1.1.4

References

http://libiphone.lighthouseapp.com/projects/27916-libiphone/tickets/331-insecure-tmp-directory-use
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/06/04/11
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1927-1
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/%2Bsource/libimobiledevice/%2Bbug/1164263
http://libiphone.lighthouseapp.com/projects/27916-libiphone/tickets/331-insecure-tmp-directory-use
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/06/04/11
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1927-1
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/%2Bsource/libimobiledevice/%2Bbug/1164263

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