CVE-2016-5104 describes a vulnerability in the socket_create function within libimobiledevice and libusbmuxd, affecting products like canonical and opensuse. This flaw allows remote attackers to bypass access restrictions and communicate with services on iOS devices via IPv4 TCP sockets. Rated with a CVSS score of 5.3 (MEDIUM), the vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with low complexity, potentially leading to unauthorized information disclosure (I:L) but not impacting confidentiality or availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 1.2.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:libimobiledevice:libimobiledevice:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
<= 1.0.10CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:libimobiledevice:libusbmuxd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
14.04CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* | ||
15.10CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:15.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
16.04CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
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