CVE-2013-5133
high
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
8.8
Description
Backup in Apple iOS before 7.1 does not properly restrict symlinks, which allows remote attackers to overwrite files during a restore operation via crafted backup data.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.
✚ Propose a mitigation on Community → Mitigations published via the community go through AI scoring + 2 human reviewers + 7-day silent objection window before landing here withsource_tier=community-verified.
OS impact
macOS Affected 7 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| 7.0.5 | Affected | — |
| 7.0.4 | Affected | — |
| 7.0.3 | Affected | — |
| 7.0.2 | Affected | — |
| 7.0.1 | Affected | — |
| 7.0 | Affected | — |
| — | Affected | — |
References
CWEs
CWE-264
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.