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CVE-2013-5145
kextd in Kext Management in Apple iOS before 7 does not properly verify authorization for IPC messages, which allows local users to (1)…
Medium6.3EPSS 0.34%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- apple
Description
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.
Timeline
ID reserved
By apple
- 35 days later
· 35 days later
Published
- 11 years later
· 11 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium6.3 | AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.34% · top 72% of all CVEs (8 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.3.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (5)
- 1029054 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- APPLE-SA-2013-10-22-3 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEx_transferred
- 54886 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5934 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- APPLE-SA-2013-09-18-2 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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