CVE-2013-2142

low
Published 2014-01-19 · Modified 2026-04-29
CVSS v3
CVSS v2
3.3
VIR risk
3.3

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/.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-2142

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
debian debianbookwormfixed1.1.5-0.1
debian debianbullseyefixed1.1.5-0.1
debian debianforkyfixed1.1.5-0.1
debian debiansidfixed1.1.5-0.1
debian debiantrixiefixed1.1.5-0.1

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
libimobiledevicelibimobiledevice1.1.4

References

CWEs

CWE-59

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.