CVE-2013-2142 (GCVE-0-2013-2142)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2014-01-19 16:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 15:27
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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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CWE
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Date Public
2013-05-31 00:00
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