CVE-2013-5133: Apple iPhone OS

High severity, CVSS 8.8. EPSS: 1.7% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Affected products

• Apple iPhone OS: up to and including 7.0.6; version 7.0 only; version 7.0.1 only; version 7.0.2 only; version 7.0.3 only; version 7.0.4 only; …

Published 2014-03-14. Last modified 2026-06-16.