CVE-2013-2142

Exp

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/.

Published: 2014-01-19 Last update: 2026-04-29 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2013-2142 is rated Exploit Available (50/100): CVSS Low severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.27%). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2013-2142

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2013-2142

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 0.04% 0.27% +0.22%
2 2023-03-07 0.95% 0.04% -0.91%
3 2022-02-04 — 0.95% —

Full EPSS history (3 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2013-2142

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
3.3 2.0 LOW
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:L)
Requires local access to the target system.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 3.4 4.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2013-2142

OS Trackers for CVE-2013-2142

vendor priority summary link
debian low CVE-2013-2142 low priority: Debian including 1 source packages (libimobiledevice), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-2142
redhat low — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-2142
suse low CVE-2013-2142 severity low: SUSE including 17 source package names (imobiledevice-tools, imobiledevice-tools-1.2.0+git20170122.45fda81-1.44, …), 68 product×package rows across 39 product lines (HPE Helion OpenStack 8, SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP2, … (39 product lines)): Fixed 35, Known Not Affected 33. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-2142/
ubuntu medium CVE-2013-2142 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (libimobiledevice), 5 status rows across 5 suites (lucid, precise, quantal, raring, upstream): released 2, ignored 1, needed 1, not-affected 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2013-2142

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2013-2142

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
libimobiledevice libimobiledevice 1.1.4 cpe:2.3:a:libimobiledevice:libimobiledevice:1.1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2013-2142

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