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/.
The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:
Find out more about CVE-2013-2142 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.
Not vulnerable. This issue did not affect the version of libimobiledevice as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 as it did not include the upstream commit 825da48d2e9c20086c4e34869da0b28376676b4c that introduced this issue.
NOTE: The following CVSS v2 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.
| Base Score | 1.2 |
|---|---|
| Base Metrics | AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N |
| Access Vector | Local |
| Access Complexity | High |
| Authentication | None |
| Confidentiality Impact | None |
| Integrity Impact | Partial |
| Availability Impact | None |
Find out more about Red Hat support for the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS).
| Platform | Package | State |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | libimobiledevice | Not affected |
Vulmon