Vulnerability in Apple Iphone OS

CVE-2014-4386

Race condition in the App Installation feature in Apple iOS before 8 allows local users to gain privileges and install unverified apps by leveraging /tmp write access.

Vulnerability class: Race Condition

EPSS: 0.003 (17.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

Apple Iphone_os — versions 7.0, 7.0.1, 7.0.2
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-362 — Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization (Race Condition)

References

product-security@apple.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM)
product-security@apple.com (vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK)
product-security@apple.com (vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
product-security@apple.com (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_APPLE)
product-security@apple.com (vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF)
product-security@apple.com (vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)