CVE-2013-0981 describes a privilege escalation vulnerability in the IOUSBDeviceFamily driver within the kernel's USB implementation in Apple iOS before 6.1.3 and Apple TV before 5.2.1. This flaw allowed local users to gain elevated privileges by manipulating pipe object pointers that originated in userspace. With a CVSS score of 7.2, it indicates high severity due to local access, low attack complexity, and complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While the vulnerability is not listed in CISA's KEV catalog and has no known public exploit code in Metasploit, Nuclei, or ExploitDB, it did receive some community discussion and media coverage at the time of its disclosure.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 6.1.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:1.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:1.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.0.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:1.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.1.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:1.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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