CVE-2013-5145
MEDIUM · CVSS 6.3EPSS 0.3%EU EUVD
kextd in Kext Management in Apple iOS before 7 does not properly verify authorization for IPC messages, which allows local users to (1) load or (2) unload kernel extensions via a crafted message.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 6.3 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-264
- EPSS score
- 0.3% (28th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2013-4985)
- Published
- September 19, 2013
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2013-4985 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- apple / iphone os
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References
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2013/Oct/msg00004.html
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2013/Sep/msg00006.html(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/54886(Vendor Advisory)
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5934(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1029054
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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