CVE-2013-2142 (GCVE-0-2013-2142)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2014-01-19 16:00
Modified
2024-08-06 15:27
Severity ?
CWE
  • n/a
Summary
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/.
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