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Passcode Lock in Apple iOS before 7 does not properly...

Low severity Unreviewed Published May 17, 2022 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Jan 28, 2023

Package

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Affected versions

Unknown

Patched versions

Unknown

Description

Passcode Lock in Apple iOS before 7 does not properly manage the lock state, which allows physically proximate attackers to bypass an intended passcode requirement by leveraging a race condition involving phone calls and ejection of a SIM card.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Sep 19, 2013
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database May 17, 2022
Last updated Jan 28, 2023

Severity

Low

EPSS score

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

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(64th percentile)

Weaknesses

Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')

The product contains a code sequence that can run concurrently with other code, and the code sequence requires temporary, exclusive access to a shared resource, but a timing window exists in which the shared resource can be modified by another code sequence that is operating concurrently. Learn more on MITRE.

CVE ID

CVE-2013-5147

GHSA ID

GHSA-j6xx-fw69-3f9g

Source code

No known source code

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